Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 78021 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2000 09:32:16 -0000 Received: from public.ndh.net (HELO public.ndh.com) (195.94.90.21) by locus.apache.org with SMTP; 19 Sep 2000 09:32:16 -0000 Received: from sbodewig.bost.de ([195.227.98.11]) by public.ndh.com (8.9.3/8.8.0) with ESMTP id LAA19149 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:32:15 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from bodewig@localhost) by sbodewig.bost.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA02951; Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:32:15 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: sbodewig.bost.de: bodewig set sender to bodewig@bost.de using -f To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Subject: Re: Remarks: file copy, subprojects, ant install References: <200009181754.TAA01774@mafalda.lule.frontec.se> From: Stefan Bodewig Date: 19 Sep 2000 11:32:15 +0200 In-Reply-To: Michael Kolmodin's message of "Mon, 18 Sep 2000 19:54:57 +0200 (MET DST)" Message-ID: Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) XEmacs/21.1 (Capitol Reef) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N >>>>> "MK" == Michael Kolmodin writes: MK> Backup = "true" => make backup copy if a copy is done. Ant MK> selects the name for the backup file on a per-platform basis MK> (.BAK, .OLD ...) Hmm, backup="extension" and imply no backup if omitted? MK> ifExist = "ignore" => never copy file if it already exists. MK> = "newer" => copy file if src newer than destination MK> = "force" => copy file unconditionally MK> = "alternate" => copy src file to lternate MK> destination, i. e. 'dest.dist' if destination MK> exists. Possibly backup if 'dest.dist' also exists. Yes, but please no "merge" or similar. Stefan