Re: Filters in ant

[Conor MacNeill]

Frank, I have fixed the documentation. You can really help out by raising any documentation bugs on bugzilla. Conor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lin, Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 1:40 PM Subject: RE: Filters in ant > Opss, now I have to really pay attention to the cut-and-paste examples from > the Ant's User Manual. > > Thanks a lot > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: February 16, 2001 7:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Filters in ant > > > You have misspelled it. It is spelled "filtersfile". You forgot the s. > > <filter filtersfile="test.properties" /> > > andy. > > > "Lin, Frank" wrote: > > > Thank you for you answer, andy. But do you or anyone know the filterfile > > problem. > > I got this error when I used it: > > BUILD FAILED > > > > D:\temp\build.xml:17: Class org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Filter doesn't > > support the "filterfile" attribute > > > > <filter filterfile="test.properties" /> > > <copy todir="./test" filtering="yes" > > > <fileset dir="." includes="test.file" /> > > </copy> > > > > Frank > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: February 16, 2001 5:30 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Filters in ant > > > > You must set filtering="yes" attribute in the copy task... it is defaulted > > to > > no. > > > > andy. > > > > "Lin, Frank" wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Does anyone know how to use filter in Ant? I used the token and value > > > pair, but it did not replace the token > > > > > > <filter token="year" value="2000" /> > > > <copy todir="./test" > > > > <fileset dir="." includes="test.file" /> > > > </copy> > > > > > > test.file: > > > year > > > @year@ > > > > > > Also, the filterfile was not supported either. > > > Class org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Filter doesn't support the > > "filterfile" > > > attribute > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Frank