So, are you saying that it doesn't exist yet? I agree that a generic regex task would be much more useful than a more specific one. Shall I go ahead and claim the Regular Expression task?
-Griffin --- Scott Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Griffin, > > Yep, something like the ant basename or dirname > task? > > http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/basename.html > http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/dirname.html > > I'd rather see a more generic regex task or > something that can do > string/file/dir ops. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Griffin Caprio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Is there any easy way to get the substring of a > > property? For example, I an iterating over a > > directory of xml files. I would like to extract > the > > filename, without the .xml extension, and use that > as > > the output of a xslt transformation. Here is the > > target from my build file: > > > > <foreach item="File" in="${xml.dir}" > > property="filename"> > > <style style="${xsl.dir}/StyleSheet.xsl" > > in="${xml.dir}/${filename}.xml" > > out="${html.dir}/${filename}.html"/> > > </foreach> > > > > Any way to do this or do I smell a new task coming > on? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge > is now open! > Get cracking and register here for some mind > boggling fun and > the chance of winning an Apple iPod: > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en > _______________________________________________ > Nant-developers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-developers ===== Griffin Caprio "Your child against mine. The winner will be hailed, the loser will be booed until my throat hurts!" - Homer Simpson to Marge __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _______________________________________________ Nant-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-developers
