Hmm... read
http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTypes/filterset.html
specifically the <filtersfile> element of <filterset>.
-Matt
--- "Brown, Carlton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I'm looking to do bulk replacement of tokens in a
> file. This is to
> replace a perl-based build solution. I have
> created the
> single-replacement solution in ant, but I am
> somewhat stumped as to how
> to do a bulk substitution.
>
>
>
> The following code copies all files named *.src to a
> new file without
> the *.src suffix, replacing APP_HOME with
> /usr/local/app, as expected:
>
>
>
>
>
> <target name="do-macro" depends="check-macro"
> unless="macro.uptodate">
>
> <echo message="Status of replacement targets is
> ${macro.uptodate}" />
>
> <copy todir="${build.root}" overwrite="true">
>
> <fileset dir="${src.root}"
> includes="**/*.src" />
>
> <mapper type="glob" from="*.src"
> to="*" />
>
> <filterset begintoken="@#$%" endtoken="%$#@">
>
> <filter token="APP_HOME"
> value="/usr/local/app"
> />
>
> </filterset>
>
> </copy>
>
> </target>
>
>
>
> The problem is that we have something like 50 other
> tokens to replace in
> addition to APP_HOME. I do not want to clutter
> this build file with
> the filter definitions, and I'd like to share these
> filter definitions
> with other build tasks. I'd like to define the
> filterset in an
> external file, if possible.
>
>
>
> Can someone get me going in the right direction? I
> read the FAQ and
> this does not seem to be covered.
>
>
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