On 7/6/06, Gary Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this really different from the <echo> task? The <echo> task can > append to an existing file, and your > <filterchain> example could be done just by embedded NAnt properties or > expressions. The only > possible difference I can see is that your filterchains let you use > CDATA and still do the substitutions; I > don't know whether NAnt will do that on CDATA values. Personally, I'd > rather use entities such > as < than CDATA.
Hmm, did you realy mean my filterchain? Filterchains are provided by Core nAnt. If your question about the CDATA is does the write task's text datatype work with CDATA the answer is yes. I wrote it to work with CDATA, that is why you see it being used in the example. The example is taken from a production script, believe me it works. Luckily you are privileged to have your own opinions. Your question about are they really different, is that in relation to the out come or the useage. There is not difference in out come, they both write to a file. There is a great deal of difference in useage: CDATA and filterchains for starters. With the CDATA you can use multiline values. You can't do that with a property value attribute. You use filterchains and properties for different reasons. If you have need to use a filterchain then it is at your disposal. The write task's text datatype will expand properties as well, so if this suites your needs then use it. Echo is for I need to get a little message in a text file. Write is for I need to get all this text into a text file. -- Jay Flowers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://jayflowers.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ NAnt-users mailing list NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
