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Why not do it like this:

if lastrun.txt doesn't exist,=20
	use <tstamp> to generate the last run date/time and <echo
file=3D"lastrun.txt"> to write it to the file lastrun.txt
else
	use <loadfile> to load lastrun.txt

/t



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Anderson, Rob (Global Trade) [mailto:Rob.Anderson@nike.com]=20
>Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 7:03 PM
>To: user@ant.apache.org
>Subject: Get the modification time of a file into a property.
>
>I have a custom Ant task that I am using to extract documents from a
>document management system based on modification time. I plan=20
>to touch a
>file (lastrun.txt) at the end of the process to capture the time that
>the process ran, then during the next run somehow get the modification
>time of that file into a property for use in my custom task.=20
>Here is the
>sequence...
>=20
>1. If lastrun.txt exists, get the modification time into a property.
>2. Extract the documents based on the property if it exists.=20
>If property
>does not exist, just get everything.
>3. Touch the file lastrun.txt
>=20
>I don't know how to accomplish step 1. I could write a wrapper=20
>script to
>get the value and pass it into Ant, but I would prefer to do=20
>this within
>Ant.
>=20
>Thanks in advance.
>=20
>=20
>
>______________________
>Robert Anderson
>Sr. System Engineer
>Nike - Global Trade IT
>503-532-6803
>
>Never let me slip, cuz if I slip, then I'm slippin. - Dr. Dre
>
>=20
>

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