At 08:30  17/12/00 -0500, David Corbin wrote:
>The javac task has some conditionality in it, I think, that says "don't
>compile those class files that haven't changed".  I want to find a way
>to do something similar for other tasks/targets.  
>
>For example, if I have something like this:
>
><target name="foo">
>       <exec executable="foomaker">
>               <arg>foosrc</arg>
>       </exec>
></target>
>
>How do I get it to ONLY run when foosrc is newer than foo?
>Thanks.

Unfortiunately you have to program it in ;( atm - Ant2.0 will significantly
ease this but that is a while off. You may want to have a look at the
UpToDate task for an idea about how to go about it thou.

Cheers,

Pete

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