Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-user-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 24857 invoked by uid 500); 15 Apr 2001 09:19:54 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Reply-To: ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 24848 invoked from network); 15 Apr 2001 09:19:53 -0000 From: "Dave Knox" To: "Ant List" Subject: Exec and Apply differences Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 03:19:27 -0600 Message-ID: <000101c0c58d$2b9639e0$ca58e43f@esotericsystems.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal X-Spam-Rating: h31.sny.collab.net 1.6.2 0/1000/N Hello everyone, I need a bit of reinforcement relative to the use of the exec and apply task. My specific situation is this: I'm using exec to drive an idl compiler. Within the target, I am deleting the generated source files and the derived files resultant from compiling the generated source. The target fires every time I run the build the timestamp of the idl file not withstanding. And I understand why. My question is: will using the apply task stop the unnecessary task execution? If so, how should the targetfile and srcfile elements be dealt with? The source file is known. Its an idl file. The targetfile in this case is problematic because there will be several. thanks for any help, David Knox Iona Technologies Global Services voice: 303.748.8906 fax2email: 435.508.9145 fax: 303.979.7861 text paging: 3037488906@mobile.att.net GTE Airphone: 800.247.3663 (caller acct: 303.748.8906) http://www.iona.com