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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29958 propertyfile command line switch fails to expand properties internally Summary: propertyfile command line switch fails to expand properties internally Product: Ant Version: 1.6.1 Platform: All OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: Other Component: Core AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here's a simple ant command line invocation: ant -f buildfile.xml -propertyfile test.properties Help When the test.properties file is read in and processed it will not expand (i.e. replace) properties that are defined inside this file elsewhere in the file. Contents of test.properties ------ serverLocation=/opt/server serverConfige=${serverLocation}/httpd.conf Contents of buildfile.xml ------ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project basedir="." default="Help"> <target name="Help" > <echo message="property serverConfigFile=${serverConfigFile}" /> <echo message="property serverLocation=${serverLocation}" /> </target> <target name="Loadem" > <loadproperties srcFile="test.properties"/> </target> <target name="Works" depends="Loadem,Help" /> </project> running ANT ant -f buildfile.xml -propertyfile test.properties Works ------ start ANT output ----- Buildfile: buildfile.xml Loadem: Help: [echo] property serverConfigFile=${serverLocation}/httpd.conf [echo] property serverLocation=/opt/server Works: BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 0 seconds ------ end ANT output ----- Loading the properties file with the loadproperties task does replace the internally defined values. ant -f buildfile.xml Works ------- start ANT output ------ Buildfile: buildfile.xml Loadem: Help: [echo] property serverConfigFile=/opt/server/httpd.conf [echo] property serverLocation=/opt/server Works: BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 0 seconds ------- end ANT output -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
