> I'm trying to provide a prompt list for the user as follows:
> 1. Use foreach to iterate through the list of files/dirs
> 2. For each file - output current index and the base file name
> 3. Capture number input from the user and save the corresponding property
> 4. Do something based on the property obtained
>
> For example, if we have a directory with 3 files in it (foo, goo, boo),
> user will see the following
>
> Please select from the list:
> 1) foo
> 2) goo
> 3) boo
>
> User inputs the number, however the corresponding filename is used
> instead.
>
> 2 questions:
> 1. How to increase the counter?
> 2. How to find the right filename?
>
> -bob stone
>
> > dunno, it seems to work :) I do this:
> >
> > <foreach target="-antntservice" param="service.dir">
> > <fileset dir="${src}/windows/service/services" includes="*"/>
> > </foreach>
> >
> >Since the only things in the .../service/services directory are other
> >directories, I assume it's matching those with the "*". It is working
> that
> >way anyway.
> >
> >In my -antntservice target I then do:
> >
> > <basename property="service.name" file="${service.dir}"/>
> > <ant antfile="build_service.xml" target="${target}">
> > <property name="service" value="${service.name}" />
> > </ant>
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Diane Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:24 PM
> >To: Ant Users List
> >Subject: RE: How to get just the file/dir name from a FileSet item?
>
>
> >--- Chris Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Ah, perfect, <basename> was all I needed, not sure why I'd missed that
> >> scanning through the tasks, but thanks! I knew this could be done
> >> easily.
> >>
> >> Note, I can't use a DirSet because ForEach doesn't support it,
> otherwise
> >> I would be. Probably something that should be fixed...
>
> >Yeah, but <fileset> won't get you a set of directories -- it'll get you a
> >set of files. And <basename> will end up giving you the name of each file
> >in the fileset, not the last directory element (since you're not feeding
> >it a directory name, but rather, a filename). So I don't see how that's
> >going to do it for you. Seems to me you'd need to go through several
> >additional steps to get from a fileset to a list of base dir names to
> loop
> >through. (Then again, I'm sleep-deprived so maybe I'm just missing it,
> and
> >you're actually fine with using it.)
>
> >Diane
>
> >=====
> >([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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