<copy file="a" tofile="b"> copies "a" to "b" only if - "a" is newer than "b" or - "b" is not present.
If you want that "a" should always be copied, set "overwrite" attribute to true. See manual::CoreTasks::copy Jan > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Francisco Tolmasky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 8. Januar 2008 07:13 > An: Ant Users List > Betreff: Re: AW: Easier Way To Check and Install jars > > Is there a way to have copy not copy regardless of whether > there is a > newer or older version already there? > > Francisco > > On Jan 7, 2008, at 10:05 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Easier would be just to do a > > > > <copy todir="/usr/share/ant/lib"> > > <fileset dir="." > > includes="bsf.jar,commons-logging-1.1.jar,js.jar"/> > > </copy> > > > > <copy> would check if the target file exists or is older than the > > copied > > file > > and skip copying if not. > > > > You dont have to copy the ant-apache-bsf-1.7.0.jar as it should be > > present > > because it's part of the Ant distro. > > > > > > > > Much more elegant would be using Ivy ... (I hope someone > jumps in here > > ;) > > > > > > Jan > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
