BTW, have you ever tried that? :-)
<project>
<fileset id="fs" dir="."/>
<property name="test" refid="fs"/>
<echo>${test}</echo>
</project>
Jan
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> Gesendet am: Montag, 8. November 2004 20:53
> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Dominique Devienne; Ant Users List
> Betreff: RE: AW: How to use a FileSet defined outside of
> javadoc target?
>
> Dave Pawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote ..
> > On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 17:59, Dominique Devienne wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Yes, filesets can be specified on their own. Jan's right,
> IDs can also
> > > be used when a datatype is nested inside a task or
> another datatype,
> > but
> > > you don't see that very often. --DD
> >
> > So I can use the fileset (almost) as I would a property, to set up
> > the various access paths for a one-off definition then re-use.
> > That's what I want.
>
> filesets are a simple reuse mechanism....u can use the same
> method reusing paths as well!
>
>
> > (Ant gets better and better :-)
>
> yes, it is...good to see u on the list
>
> jim
>
> >
> >
> > Thanks both.
> >
> > --
> > Regards DaveP.
> > XSLT&Docbook FAQ
> > http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl
> >
> >
> >
> >
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