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From: Jan.Materne@rzf.fin-nrw.de
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Subject: RE: Format of Ant's version string ?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 06:54:57 +0200
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That IS the full code :-)
Save the "<project name=3D"common-define-checkAnt">" code
as define-checkAnt.xml and the other "<project>" as
build.xml. Then open a shell in that directory and type "ant".

But it needs Ant 1.6.


Jan


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Srikrishna.Partha@wellsfargo.com
> [mailto:Srikrishna.Partha@wellsfargo.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 8:59 PM
> To: user@ant.apache.org
> Subject: RE: Format of Ant's version string ?
>=20
>=20
> Can you provide the full code as I am a newbie?=20
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan.Materne@rzf.fin-nrw.de [mailto:Jan.Materne@rzf.fin-nrw.de]=20
> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 10:45 PM
> To: user@ant.apache.org
> Subject: RE: Format of Ant's version string ?
>=20
> The property ant.version contains the buildnumber and the=20
> compile-date.
> I=B4d written a snippet for storing the individual infos as =
properties:
>=20
> <project name=3D"common-define-checkAnt">
>     <scriptdef name=3D"checkAnt" language=3D"javascript">
>         <![CDATA[
>             importClass(java.text.SimpleDateFormat);
>             importClass(java.util.Locale);
>=20
>             // String evaluation of 'ant.version' string
>             // e.g: 'Apache Ant version 1.6beta3 compiled on=20
> December 5
> 2003'
>             string   =3D project.getProperty("ant.version");
>             version  =3D string.substring(string.indexOf("Ant=20
> version")+12,
> string.indexOf("compiled on")-1);
>             compiled =3D=20
> string.substring(string.indexOf("compiled on")+12);
>=20
>             // Get the compiled date: 'December 5 2003'
>             dateParser =3D new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d yyyy",=20
> Locale.US);
>             compiledDate =3D dateParser.parse(compiled);
>=20
>             compiledYear  =3D (new
> SimpleDateFormat("yyyy")).format(compiledDate);
>             compiledMonth =3D (new SimpleDateFormat("M")
> ).format(compiledDate);
>             compiledDay   =3D (new SimpleDateFormat("d")
> ).format(compiledDate);
>=20
>             project.setNewProperty("ant.version.number", version);
>             project.setNewProperty("ant.version.compiled", compiled);
>             project.setNewProperty("ant.version.compiled.year",
> compiledYear);
>             project.setNewProperty("ant.version.compiled.month",
> compiledMonth);
>            =20
> project.setNewProperty("ant.version.compiled.day", compiledDay);
>         ]]>
>     </scriptdef>
> </project>
>=20
>=20
> <project>
>   <import file=3D"define-checkAnt.xml"/>
>   <checkAnt/>
>   <echoproperties prefix=3D"ant.version"/> </project>
>=20
>=20
> Jan
>=20
>=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rich Wagner [mailto:richmwagner@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 9:07 PM
> > To: user@ant.apache.org
> > Cc: richmwagner@hotmail.com
> > Subject: Format of Ant's version string ?
> >=20
> >=20
> > I've written a simple utility to find the "version.txt" file in the =

> > "ant.jar" of a given Ant installation, and the utility=20
> looks for the:
> >=20
> >     VERSION=3D<something>
> >=20
> > line in the "version.txt" file.  So far, I know that=20
> "<something>" can=20
> > be of the forms:
> >=20
> >     x.y
> >     x.y.z
> >=20
> > where "x", "y" and "z" are integers.  For instance, I've seen "1.5" =

> > and "1.6.1", among others.
> >=20
> > However, are there other possibilities I'm not aware of ? =20
> > For instance, for
> > beta releases (which I've never downloaded personally), is=20
> the string=20
> > something like "x.y.z beta" ?
> >=20
> > Or could there be other variations, like "1.6.1a" ?
> >=20
> > Please let me know, so that I can have confidence that my version=20
> > string finder/parser is coded correctly...
> >=20
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Rich Wagner
> >=20
> > _________________________________________________________________
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