it isn't being evaulated because of the way you are pulling it back.
Try using the value of ${name} in the unjar statement.
- Brett
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:57:37 -0800, Mark Donszelmann
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> Hi
>
> I have an x.properties file like this:
>
> file=somedir/${specific}/myfile.jar
>
> I load this properties file in maven like this:
>
> <util:properties var="props" file="x.properties" />
>
> I set "specific" like this:
>
> <jelly:set scope="parent" var="specific" value="here" />
> (not sure why I needed scope="parent" here, but otherwise the echo below did
> not work.
> There seems to be no doc on the scopes one can set, or maybe I missed it).
>
> When I then say:
>
> <j:set var="name" value="${props.getProperty('file')}" />
> <echo>${name}</echo>
>
> it writes correctly:
>
> [echo] somedir/here/myfile.jar
>
> but when I say:
>
> <ant:unjar src="${file}" ..... />
>
> ant complains that it does not find file:
>
> somedir/${specific}/myfile.jar
>
> Any idea why?
>
> Regards
> Mark Donszelmann
>
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