> Unfortunately, if you use platform-specific file separators, your build.xml > doesn't work on all platforms. If you mandate a standard file representation > for Ant, any characters you choose will probably be a pain for someone, but > at least you can build cross-platform. (In the extremely unlikely case that, > e.g. the path separator was ; and a filename included ;, you would use > character escaping: \; )
Actually, in the draft copy of the ant document that I'm about to post, I think we have a workable solution that only gets platform specific if somebody specifies a lettered drive root on a windows platform. .duncan
