You are already in an expansion, so you don't need the expansion round your property.  Try:

 

      <if test="${not file::exists('file.to.check')}">

      </if>

 

Cheers,

 

Bill

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Uchytil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 22 February 2005 13:58
To: nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Nant-users] file::exists() problem

 

How do I use the <IF> task to check for the existence of a file where the file name is stored in a property?

 

The documentation shows

<if test=”${not file::exists(‘output.xlm’)}”>

  ...

</if>

 

but trying to do the following does not seem to work.

<property name=’file.to.check’ value=’output.xml’>

<if test=”${not file::exists(‘${file.to.check}’)}”>

</if>

 

It appears that the ${file.to.check} is not expanded but taken literally

 

Any ideas?

 

Joe Uchytil

 



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