Re: What is $.. ?

2007-04-22 Thread Douglas McCarroll
sumes that I'm specifying [CurrrentDirectory]\$aaa\AntLog.log and returns the file's directory path. Seems pretty straightforward. Let me know if any of this is wrong. Now I'll go back and look at the file where I first found $.., and see if I can figure out what they were doing. :-) T

What is $.. ?

2007-04-20 Thread Douglas McCarroll
Hi All, I ran across "$.." in an Ant file and am trying to understand what it does. Can't find any documentation. So basic as to not require explanation? When I run a C:\Projects\build.xml file with this code in it: I get this: [echo] $.. [echo] c:\Projects

Re: How to echo path?

2007-04-04 Thread Douglas McCarroll
You're welcome. ;) Thanks! Matt Benson wrote: The recommended way to do this uses the task. In Ant 1.6.5: $${my.path}=${my.path} In Ant 1.7: You're welcome. ;) -Matt P.S. You -could- also use ${toString:my.path.id} But that's technically unsupported. --- Do

How to echo path?

2007-04-04 Thread Douglas McCarroll
Hi all, I have a path that I'd like to output to the console. For example: If I do this: I get this: [echo] ${my.path.id} I assume that the problem here is that I'm trying to treat an id as though it is a property, and it's not. If you wanted to output the