Can I make the Ant copy task OS-specific?

Question

I have an Ant script that performs a copy operation using the \'copy\' task. It was written for Windows, and has a hardcoded C:\\ path as the \'todir\' argument. I see the \'exe

Answer 1

I would recommend putting the path in a property, then setting the property conditionally based on the current OS.

   


   


No foo.path set for this OS!

As a side benefit, once it is in a property you can override it without editing the Ant script.