Ok this is what am I am trying am I even on the right track here... I am getting an
error . "The content of elements must consist of well-formed data...Plus does that
line seperator need to be declared somewhere first. Again I appologize for the
ignorance. Just trying something different.
<project name="FileRead" default="yes">
<target name = "Read">
<path>
<fileset dir="c:\test">
<\fileset>
<pathconvert pathsep=${line.separator">
<echo file="c:\works.txt" append="true">
<\path>
</target>
</project>
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> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Sorry if this seems very basic, but I am brand new
> > to ANT. What I am trying to do is have a task read a
> > directory and create an output text file with all
> > the names that are in the directory. Is this
> > possible.
>
> No problem, Craig. All you gotta do is use a
> to select your files, wrap it in a ,
> pass that to a , and that to a
> file. :) If you want one filename per line, you can
> specify "${line.separator}" as 's pathsep
> attribute.
>
> HTH,
> Matt
>
>
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