how to set a property to the latest file

2007-05-27 Thread Derek Haskin
Hi, How do you set a property to using a wild card to a particular file in a directory. Example: I want to set a property to the first occurence of the following command:- ls -r /tmp/test/des.*.zip The directory /tmp/test will contain mutliple files that match des.*.zip Using ant how to I set

launch a different version of ant

2005-12-05 Thread Derek Haskin
Hi, Is there a way to launch a different version of ant from an already running ant process. For details on why I want to do this read on: I am launching an ant process via the "Cruise Control" automated build tool which launches ant version 1.6.3. I am building a weblogic application which

using ant for non-java builds?

2004-12-06 Thread Derek Haskin
Hi, I will shorthly be automating a build process for an application developed in Forte. I'm trying to decide what tool to use to develop the build scripts. There are plans in the next 8 months to start re-developing the application in Java. In the past I have automated builds via a combinat