Just do: <loadfile property="xyz" ... /> <property name="xyz" value="" />
The latter will be ignore if xyz was already set by loadfile. --DD -----Original Message----- From: Rosendahl Sten - stro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 6:52 AM To: 'Ant Users List' Subject: loadfile fails on empty file I use loadfile to fetch a list of files filtered by replaceregexp. When the list (and file) is empty, the loadfile task will silently *not* set the output property causing an error in the next task. Is there a way of setting it the the empty string, or do I have to test if the property is set or not? Sten Rosendahl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IMI Industri-Matematik International - THE ORDER COMPANY -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>