Sure does, filelist accepts a set of files delimited by a space... So
when a path has a space it doesnt behave. Have used ant-contrib plenty
of times in the past, buts that not an option. The kicker is this isnt
a normal ant environment, but actually all the build files, etc are in a
jar when they are executed. Although I havent tried ant-contrib, this
environment causes problems with similiar tasks ant-call, ant, etc.

Scot P. Floess wrote:
> OK I think I see the problem. It breaks down due to the space?
>
> Have you looked at Ant Contrib?
>
> They have a <for> task that may help you. It uses delimiters - in
> this case you can define the delimiter as a comma. You might also
> want to define in a macrodef (sorry I am a huge huge fan of macrodefs)...
>
> <macrodef name="copy-files" description = "Will copy files contained
> in @{property} to dir @{to-dir} storing all the files in ref id @{id}">
>   <attribute name="property" description="Property that contains all
> files to copy"/>
>   <attribute name="id" description="Path id reference once files
> copied"/>
>   <attribute name="to-dir" description="Directory to copy files"/>
>   <attribute name="delim" default="," description = "Delimiter used
> in @{property}"/>
>
>   <sequence>
>     <mkdir dir="@(protected)}"/>
>
>     <for list="${@(protected)}">
>       <sequential>
>         <copy file = "@(protected)}"/>
>       </sequential>
>     </for>
>
>     <path id="@(protected)}">
>       <fileset dir="@(protected)}"/>
>     </path>
>   </sequence>
> </macrodef>
>
> Keep in mind, I just whipped this out ;)
>
> To use:
>
> <property name="jdbc.jar" value="C:\Documents and
> Settings\jweber\Desktop\db2_test\db2jcc.jar,C:\Documents and
> Settings\jweber\Desktop\db2_test\db2jcc_license_cu.jar"/>
>
> <copy-files property="jdbc.jar" id = "copied.files" to-dir =
> "new-directory"/>
>
> Note that property attribute simply lists the property name...not
> using the dollar notation as that is taken care of in the <for> task
> via ${@(protected)}}
>
> HTH,
>
> Flossy
>
>
> Jeremy Weber wrote:
>> Not sure that accomplishes what I need to do. The problem I wish to
>> solve is this:
>>
>> I have a property that equates to this:
>>
>> <property name="jdbc.jar" value="C:\Documents and
>> Settings\jweber\Desktop\db2_test\db2jcc.jar,C:\Documents and
>> Settings\jweber\Desktop\db2_test\db2jcc_license_cu.jar"/>
>>
>> The value of this property is variable.
>>
>> I then have a couple of tasks that perform the following:
>>
>>   <!-- use filelist to copy the files to a temp dir so we can build
>> a fileset -->
>>    <copy toDir=".tmp_cp" overwrite="true" failonerror="false">
>>      <filelist files="${jdbc.jar}" />
>>      <flattenmapper/>
>>    </copy>
>>
>>   <!-- create a referencable path object to be used in sql task -->
>>    <path id="sql.cp">
>>      <fileset dir=".tmp_cp"/>
>>    </path>*
>> *
>> This all works great (although not so straight forward), until there
>> is a space in one of the paths in jdbc.jar property. If you have
>> another approach I'd be willing to try but I dont think your suggest
>> will work for this.
>> *
>>
>>
>> *
>>
>> Scot P. Floess wrote:
>>> Have you considered using a macrodef and elements?
>>>
>>> Maybe something like:
>>>
>>> <macrodef name="my-macro">
>>>  <attribute name="id"/>
>>>   <element name="includes"/>
>>>    <sequential>
>>>     <path id="@(protected)}">
>>>       <includes/>
>>>     </path>
>>>   </sequential>
>>> </macrodef>
>>>
>>> Then you can supply whatever you want in <includes> as long as it
>>> adheres to <path> allowances....
>>>
>>> Jeremy Weber wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I have created dozen of custom tasks before, but find myself
>>>> struggling with this one. I wish to create a task that does the
>>>> following:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Accepts a file attribute to represent the absolute path of a
>>>> file contains comma separated absolute paths.
>>>>   a. this file name will be read in, parsed and each file found
>>>> will be added to a fileset object, which in term is added to a
>>>> resources object.
>>>> 2. Accepts a id property
>>>>   a. this id will be the id of the resource created in step 1a.
>>>>
>>>> So essentially I want...
>>>>
>>>>   <csvtofileset file="csv.file.name" id="some.id.name">
>>>>
>>>> I am unclear on how to add the fileset i create in my code to the
>>>> project. Additionally I am unsure of how to assign this an 'id'
>>>> that I can reference elsewhere. Basically what I want to be able
>>>> to do is create a collection of files on the fly which I can
>>>> reference on the fly.  Essentially in the following snippet, the
>>>> resources element would be replaced by my new task element
>>>>
>>>> <project name="test" basedir="." default="test">
>>>>
>>>>  <!-- old -->
>>>>   <resources id="fsd">
>>>>      <fileset file="c:\temp\db2_test\db2jcc.jar" />      
>>>> <fileset file="c:\temp\db2_test\db2jcc_license_cu.jar" />    
>>>> </resources>
>>>>   <!-- old -->
>>>>
>>>>   <!-- new -->
>>>>       <csvtofileset file="csv.file.name" id="fsd">
>>>>   <!-- new -->
>>>>
>>>>  <target name="test">
>>>>       <copy toDir="c:\temp\ failonerror="true">
>>>>         <resources refid="fsd"/>
>>>>       </copy>
>>>>  </target>
>>>> </project>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any help at all would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>

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