You can do a copy/replace in one step without affecting the original file
like this:
<copy file="web.xml" filtering="true" todir="${build.dir}"/>
Use the <filter> task to set up the replacement strings and tokenize your
source file with the appropriate format (see the <filter> and <copy>
documentation for more details).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Cryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ant-User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 12:25 PM
Subject: Copy and Replace
> I need to copy files into a new directory, and I'd like to perform a
replace
> on various string values they might contain in the process.
>
> Since the Replace task is a fileset, I'm pretty sure I can pass that as an
> argument to the copy task. However, will the copy occur without actually
> changing the original files? Or does the replace happen on the original
> files prior to the copy occuring?
>
> To accomplish what I'm after, do I need to do it in two steps: copy, then
> replace?
>
> Thanks,
> Christian
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