Re: set a property in a .properties file

2006-12-19 Thread Ninju Bohra
Original Message From: jm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ant Users List Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 8:07:05 AM Subject: Re: set a property in a .properties file Peter, thanks for pointing that out, I'll check that if it works that would be perfect. The 'maybe its easy'

Re: set a property in a .properties file

2006-12-19 Thread jm
Peter, thanks for pointing that out, I'll check that if it works that would be perfect. The 'maybe its easy' comment was moslty thinking aloud without any prior knowledge obviously... On 12/19/06, Peter Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 12/19/06, jm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Antoine, > ec

Re: set a property in a .properties file

2006-12-19 Thread Peter Reilly
On 12/19/06, jm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Antoine, echoing would add a second line with the property no?, and I want the exisiting line to be modified...propertyFile would do, I had missed that one, it's a pity comments are lost though... Gilbert , yes I think that would work, but I have never

Re: set a property in a .properties file

2006-12-19 Thread jm
Antoine, echoing would add a second line with the property no?, and I want the exisiting line to be modified...propertyFile would do, I had missed that one, it's a pity comments are lost though... Gilbert , yes I think that would work, but I have never used any of these scripting languages. does

RE: set a property in a .properties file

2006-12-19 Thread Rebhan, Gilbert
Oops, should have been = test.props afterwards : foo=nobar Regards, Gilbert -Original Message- From: jm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 11:45 AM To: Ant Users List Subject: set a property in a .properties file hi, I have been looking for a way to set

RE: set a property in a .properties file

2006-12-19 Thread Rebhan, Gilbert
Hi, forgot the replacement in my last mail = given propertyfile test.props : foo=bar

RE: set a property in a .properties file

2006-12-19 Thread Rebhan, Gilbert
Hi, if you want to reset / overwrite an existing property the easiest way is via script task and language of your choice (ruby,javascript,groovy ...) , f.e. =

Re: set a property in a .properties file

2006-12-19 Thread Antoine Levy-Lambert
Hi, there are a lots of ways to write to a property file in ant. Look at the following : somekey=somevalue there is also the propertyfile task which can do some limited arithmetics on properties (in the Optional Tasks section of the manual). there might also be the option of using the t