On 24 April 2012 15:59, Harold Putman <hput...@lexmark.com> wrote:
> You just do...
>
> <tempfile property="my-temp" suffix=""/>
> <mkdir dir="${my-temp}"/>
>
> The creates the directory in basedir, and by using tempfile you guarantees
> that the directory does not already exist. But if the directory did already
> exists, mkdir will do nothing, there is no need to check first.
Thanks Harold.
I thought it might be straightforward!
>
> (BTW thanks for the XSLT FAQ. I spend a lot of time out there)
Welcome.
that's why I do it.
regards DaveP
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Dave Pawson <dave.paw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I need a temporary directory.
>>
>> What's the 'ant speak' for
>>
>> property name='my-temp' if directory exists (my-temp) then my-temp
>> else mkdir 'my-temp'
>>
>> I hope that's clear?
>> In bash it might be
>>
>> #check/create fo directory for output, per font
>> if [[ ! -d ${here}/fo ]]
>> then
>> mkdir ${here}/fo
>>
>> fi
>>
>>
>>
>> TIA
>>
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>> Dave Pawson
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