This is now deprecated behavior though. Properties *should* be immutable
and things have tightened up quite a bit with it in the nightly builds
recently, although this particular "hole" is still open yet a deprecation
warning will be output when overriding a property using <available>
Erik
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurien Mathew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 2:05 PM
Subject: RE: Reset an existing property
> > > One, I hope, simple question.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to reset an existing property,
> > > something like
> > >
> > > <property name="dir.src" value="./src"/>
> > > <property name="dirty.src" value="d:\CVS\...."/>
> > > <property name="dir.src" value="${dirty.src}"/>
> > >
>
> Here is an alternative :
>
> <property name="dir.src" value="./src"/>
> <property name="dirty.src" value="d:\CVS\...."/>
>
> <available file="." property="dir.src" value="${dirty.src}"/>
>
> Note: <available> task must be enclosed in some <target>
>
>
>
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