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From: Nicolas Vervelle <nicolas.vervelle@steria.com>
Subject: Re: Apply task argument issues...
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Hi,

A few ideas (not tested, just ideas) :
- use a <for> task for iterating through the fileset.
- try a <mapper> to add a "+" before your filename, set addsourcefile to 
false, and use <targetfile/>

Hope this helps,
Nicolas

Alan Moss wrote:

>I have an issue WRT the apply task. I need it to be much more flexible
>than the documentation states it is. Let's say I'm using a tool that has
>odd command line options like this:
>
>    util.exe [options] +|-<filename>
>
>    where options is optional and you must specify +<filename>
>    or -<filename>
>
>Given the current way in which the apply task is implemented, it seems
>impossible to do in ant 1.6.5:
>
>    <apply executable="util.exe" parallel="false">
>       <arg value="+"/>
>       <srcfile/>
>       <fileset dir="files/"/>
>    </apply>
>
>Wouldn't it make more sense to do the following:
>
>    <apply executable="util.exe" parallel="false" srcproperty="srcfile">
>       <arg value="+${srcfile}"/>
>       <fileset dir="files/"/>
>    </apply>
>
>I can't understand why it was implemented as separate tags rather than
>as properties. In my opinion, the latter example would be more in-step
>with typical ANT thinking.
>
>Anyway, does anyone know of a way to do what I want with the current
>version of ant?
>
>Thanks,
>-Alan
>
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