--- Russ Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tried the other way, using depends and targets. It is REALLY long,
> not succinct,
Well, the way you did it is a bit more roundabout than you really need.
For example (this one assumes the file is required):
<target name="copyFile" depends="noFile">
<copy file="${filename}" todir="${dest.dir}"/>
</target>
<target name="chkLocal">
<available property="filename"
value="${local.dir}/foo.txt" file="${local.dir}/foo.txt"/>
</target>
<target name="chkSys" depends="chkLocal" unless="filename">
<available property="filename"
value="${sys.dir}/foo.txt" file="${sys.dir}/foo.txt"/>
</target>
<target name="noFile" depends="chkSys" unless="filename">
<echo message=" Error:"/>
<echo message=" Couldn't find a foo.txt to copy..."/>
<fail message="Exiting..."/>
</target>
> I would have potentially hundreds of files I want to copy,
If where you copy from depends on whether the local directory exists (as
opposed to checking for specific files in that directory), you can change
the <available> to check for the directory -- just add the "type"
attribute, set to "dir" (and adjust your property-setting and <copy>
accordingly).
> Digging in deeper, I strongly suggest supporting in-line Java calls,
You can use <script>, or you can use in-house tasks.
Diane
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