> But you know that Ant's if/unless attributes of various kinds won't > make any difference here? They don't check the value of a property.
yes, I'm aware of that (they should check the value, but that's another topic) as I said in my original post, I'm using this in the <copy> task for the overwrite attribute, so it's still useful for avoiding the extra (and somewhat confusing) target used to flip the value. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: proposed <uptodate> enhancement (implementation attached) > > > Tim Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd like to submit a change for Ant 1.4 to add a "value" attribute > > to the <uptodate> task. > > Well, available has one, so it would be fair enough to give uptodate > one as well. > > > The reason is that there is a case where I'd like a variable to set > > to "false" (rather than "true") if the given target file is up to > > date. > > But you know that Ant's if/unless attributes of various kinds won't > make any difference here? They don't check the value of a property. > > Stefan >
