Some more info. It appears that <not> is not working.
SO I have this

<available property='have.book' file='foo.txt'/>
<property name="have.book" value='false'/>

<condition property="status">
<not>
      <isset property="${have.book}"/>
</not>
</condition>

<echo message="reset book isset: ${status}"/>

<condition property="status2">
<not>
      <istrue value="${have.book}"/>
</not>
</condition>

<echo message="reset book istrue: ${status2}"/>

Results in:

[echo] rest book isset: true
[echo] reset book istrue: ${status2}

Can anyone explain this result?

thanks

..dan

At 08:25 AM 12/17/2007, Dan Vint wrote:
>I'm trying to use properties to control the processing within my 
>script. I have several conditions that I want to test and based on 
>them to stop further processing.
>
>I think my problem lies with the not-set condition and how to handle 
>this. I don't see anything in the documentation that indicates how 
><istrue> and <isfalse> should report an unset value, and I'm 
>assuming isset returns true if set, but what does it return if not set?
>
>So my big problem seems to be around using <available> to test if a 
>file exists, so I have that set to true by default with
>
><available property='have.book' file='foo.txt'/>
>
>Then I test with the condition:
>
><condition property='continue-processing'>
>   <or>
>         <isset property='${no.work}/>
>         <isset property="${Missing.File.Present}"/>
>         <not>
>                <istrue property="$have.book"/>
>         </not>
></or>
></condition>
>
>So the first 2 properties go true if I want to stop, so I'm thinking 
>that isset works here, have.book is really a reverse condition. If 
>its set, I don't want to stop processing, so I have tires istrue and 
>isset inside the not to try and make it false and that doesn't seem 
>to be working.
>
>Can anyone spot my logic probelm?
>
>I'm using ant1.5 and can't easily change to something more current 
>as there are a bunch of ant extensions that were created that I 
>don''t have access to.
>
>..dan
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Danny Vint
>
>Specializing in Panoramic Images of California and the West
>http://www.dvint.com
>
>voice: 510-522-4703
>
>When H.H. Bennett was asked why he preferred to be out
>shooting landscapes rather than spending time in his portrait studio:
>
>"It is easier to pose nature and less trouble to please."
>
>http://www.portalwisconsin.org/bennett_feature.cfm
>
>
>

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Danny Vint

Specializing in Panoramic Images of California and the West
http://www.dvint.com

voice: 510-522-4703

When H.H. Bennett was asked why he preferred to be out
shooting landscapes rather than spending time in his portrait studio:

"It is easier to pose nature and less trouble to please."

http://www.portalwisconsin.org/bennett_feature.cfm

     


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