Instead of using empty echo message to insert a new line, just use
${line.separator} which will put a system-dependant (I think)
return-carriage in your file (be careful if build running on Windows, and
files destined for a Unix machine)Roland. > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Hari Kodungallur [mailto:hkodungallur@;rediffmail.com] > Envoye : mercredi 13 novembre 2002 17:27 > A : Ant Users List > Objet : Re: silly question on "echo" task > > > Note that the message output for an echo is anything from <echo> > to </echo>. When you indent your build.xml one tab, those echo > tasks where you specify </echo> on the next line (one tab > indented) would output one newline and a tab and thats what is > contained between <echo> and </echo> > > -HK > > > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 Jay Yarbrough wrote : > >I have been using the echo task to create a text file, during the > >build process. > > > >It would seem that indention of the xml code actually affects the > >output from the echo task. > > > >Am I crazy, or is this the case? > >If I indent the following snippet a single tab, it causes the > >output to be different, from when it is not indented. > > > >----------------------------------- > ><echo message="${version}"/> > ><echo message="Component:${product}" file="${product}.txt" > >append="false"/> > ><echo file="${product}.txt" append="true"> > ></echo> > ><echo message="Version:${version}" file="${product}.txt" > >append="true"/> > ><echo file="${product}.txt" append="true"> > ></echo> > ><echo message="Date:${time_date}" file="${product}.txt" > >append="true"/> > > > > > ><copy file="${product}.txt" > >tofile="${outputdir}/${product}.txt"/> > > > >--------------------------------------- > >output from above: > > > >BUILD SUCCESSFUL > >Total time: 0 seconds > >C:\Build\nyx>more test.txt > >Component:test > >Version:test > >Date:11/13/2002 08:33:20 > > > >output from the above, if indented one tab: > > > >BUILD SUCCESSFUL > >Total time: 0 seconds > >C:\Build\nyx>more test.txt > >Component:test > > Version:test > > Date:11/13/2002 08:32:53 > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > ><mailto:ant-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > >For additional commands, e-mail: > ><mailto:ant-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Give your Company an email address like > ravi @ ravi-exports.com. Sign up for Rediffmail Pro today! > Know more. http://www.rediffmailpro.com/signup/ > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:ant-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:ant-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:ant-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:ant-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
