Re: Sorting a property file ?

[Nicolas Vervelle]

Rick Genter wrote:
From: Nicolas Vervelle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:51 AM
To: user@ant.apache.org
Subject: Sorting a property file ?

Hi,
I have a property file that is generated by <modified> in a <fileset>.
I would like to sort its content so that the files in it are sorted by 
directory.
Is it possible ?
Nicolas
   

Out of curiosity, what would be the point? Since java.util.Properties
extends java.util.Hashtable, when a property file is loaded there is no
way to access the properties in the order in which they exist in the
file.
It's just for the "human" readability of the file : this property file 
is here to know which files have been uploaded to a web server with a 
<scp> task.
For example, if I want to force the upload of an entire directory, it is 
easier to remove all the corresponding lines in the property file if 
they are sorted by directory.

Nicolas