What type of replacement? You can do a filter on strings like
@VERSION@(protected)
mappers when you copy. For example, I have some configuration files.
They're called *.properties.template, and I replace the @xxx@(protected)
with values from a deploy.properties file and remove the *.template
suffix. The filterset replaces the @xxx@(protected)
values while the mapper renames the file by removing the *.template
suffix:

    <!-- Copy the configuration files that don't contain tokens -->
    <copy todir="${local.jboss.home}/server/${jboss.instance}"
       verbose="${copy.verbose.flag}">
       <fileset dir="${jboss.install.home}/jbdev1">
          <exclude name="**/*.template"/>
       </fileset>
    </copy>

    <!-- Copy the configurable files and replace any tokens -->
    <copy todir="${local.jboss.home}/server/${jboss.instance}"
       overwrite="true"
       verbose="${copy.verbose.flag}">
       <fileset dir="${jboss.install.home}/jbdev1">
          <include name="**/*.template"/>
       </fileset>
       <mapper type="glob"
          from="*.template" to="*"/>
       <filterset begintoken="@(protected)="@">
          <filter token="path_to_server_dir"
            value="${local.jboss.home}/server/${jboss.instance}"/>
          <filtersfile file="${deploy.properties.file}"/>
       </filterset>
    </copy>

Is this what you're looking for?

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Guy Catz <Guy.catz@(protected):
> hey guys,
>
> Is it possible to replace a string in an existing file?
>
> Thanks,
>   Guy.
>



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