Determining empty fileset

[Kamal Bhatt <kb...@tt.com.au>]

Hi
I am new to ant and I am trying to create a script to distribute only 
those files that were modified since the last distribution.

I would like to stop distribution if no files have been changed. 
However, I cannot seem to be able to work this into my script. I know 
that I can use path convert to determine if a fileset is empty or not, 
but I don't know how or how to use the property from pathconvert.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.


Kamal.



---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscribe@ant.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: user-help@ant.apache.org

Re: Determining empty fileset

[Antoine Levy-Lambert <an...@gmx.de>]

Kamal Bhatt wrote:

> I know that I can use path convert to determine if a fileset is empty
> or not, but I don't know how or how to use the property from pathconvert.
>
Hello Kamal,

use the setonempty attribute of pathconvert, with the value "false".
This way, if the fileset is empty, the property will not be set.
this is good since targets check with their if attribut whether a
property is set or not.

so you do something like :
<fileset dir="foo/bar" id="myfileset"/>
<target name="fileset.check">
    <pathconvert refid="myfileset" property="fileset.notempty"
setonempty="false"/>
</target>
<target name="main" depends="fileset.check" if="fileset.nonempty">
    <!-- your main work goes here -->
</target>

Cheers,

Antoine

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscribe@ant.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: user-help@ant.apache.org