Why not do it like this:
if lastrun.txt doesn't exist,
use <tstamp> to generate the last run date/time and <echo
file="lastrun.txt"> to write it to the file lastrun.txt
else
use <loadfile> to load lastrun.txt
/t
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Anderson, Rob (Global Trade) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 7:03 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Get the modification time of a file into a property.
>
>I have a custom Ant task that I am using to extract documents from a
>document management system based on modification time. I plan
>to touch a
>file (lastrun.txt) at the end of the process to capture the time that
>the process ran, then during the next run somehow get the modification
>time of that file into a property for use in my custom task.
>Here is the
>sequence...
>
>1. If lastrun.txt exists, get the modification time into a property.
>2. Extract the documents based on the property if it exists.
>If property
>does not exist, just get everything.
>3. Touch the file lastrun.txt
>
>I don't know how to accomplish step 1. I could write a wrapper
>script to
>get the value and pass it into Ant, but I would prefer to do
>this within
>Ant.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>______________________
>Robert Anderson
>Sr. System Engineer
>Nike - Global Trade IT
>503-532-6803
>
>Never let me slip, cuz if I slip, then I'm slippin. - Dr. Dre
>
>
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