Got it. i was on the right track with concat. just needed to add the loadfile to get my data, put that into a propery and then use the value of that property to build my new file!
whew talk about going around your arse to get to your elbow! <loadfile srcFile="DB/MS SQL ${db.server.version}/boomsocket_MSSQL_${db.server.version}.sql" property="sql.text" /> <concat encoding="UTF-8" destfile="DB/MS SQL ${db.server.version}/boomsocket_MSSQL_${db.server.version}_temp.sql"><![CDATA[${sql.text}]]></concat> Thanks all! jonese On Feb 13, 2008 11:36 AM, jonese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's what i have now inside a target: > <touch file="DB/MS SQL > ${db.server.version}/boomsocket_MSSQL_${db.server.version}_temp.sql"/> > <concat destfile="DB/MS SQL > ${db.server.version}/boomsocket_MSSQL_${db.server.version}_temp.sql"> > <fileset file="DB/MS SQL > ${db.server.version}/boomsocket_MSSQL_${db.server.version}.sql" /> > </concat> > <delete file="DB/MS SQL > ${db.server.version}/boomsocket_MSSQL_${db.server.version}.sql" /> > <move file="DB/MS SQL > ${db.server.version}/boomsocket_MSSQL_${db.server.version}_temp.sql" > tofile="DB/MS SQL > ${db.server.version}/boomsocket_MSSQL_${db.server.version}.sql" /> > <replaceregexp file="DB/MS SQL > ${db.server.version}/boomsocket_MSSQL_${db.server.version}.sql" > match="\[[a-zA-Z0-1]{1,}\]" > replace="[${db.name}]" > flags="i" /> > > The problem is that the concat not only concat's the data but also the > "headers" of the file thereby corrupting my new file as well. > > So essentially what i need is some way to read the contents of a file > and then take those contents and input them into another file. > > i'm on Windows XP if i need to toss this off to some command line stuff. > > jonese > > > On Feb 13, 2008 10:53 AM, Scot P. Floess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you simply trying to copy file A to file B? Or take the contents of > > A and append to B? > > > > > > jonese wrote: > > > Hey all i need to take the content of file A and place it into File B. > > > anyone know the best way to accomplish this? > > > > > > jonese > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Scot P. Floess > > 27 Lake Royale > > Louisburg, NC 27549 > > > > 252-478-8087 (Home) > > 919-754-4592 (Work) > > > > Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate > > Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim > > > > Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]