I've been trying to add what should be trivial to an ant build file. I
want to create a symlink if it doesn't already exist.
My environment:
Apache Ant version 1.7.0 compiled on September 23 2007
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_13-b05-237)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_13-119, mixed mode, sharing)
Mac OS X 10.5.2
Using the <symlink> task I can create a symlink easily, but if the
symlink already exists the build fails. I tried setting
failonerror="false" but the build still fails if the symlink already
exists.
I have also tried <delete>, which did nothing. I then tried <symlink
action="delete"/> but then the build fails saying that the link
doesn't exist. When I tested the the link did exist, an immediate ls
of the path output by ant showed the symlink existed and was created
by me.
I also tried searching online and found the following which was
purported to work:
<target name="symlink.test">
<condition property="symlink.notexist">
<not>
<available file="${basedir}/link" property="symlink.exists" />
</not>
</condition>
</target>
<target name="symlink" depends="symlink.test" if="symlink.notexist">
<symlink link="${basedir}/link" resource="${basedir}/resource"/>
</target>
However, this always shows that the symlink doesn't exist. I
additionally tried removing the <condition> and <not> and using
"unless" instead of "if" in the "symlink" target but this does the
same thing.
Does anyone know what might be going on here?
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Justin Patrin
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