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<title>Concat</title>
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<h2><a name="Concat">Concat</a></h2>
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<h3>Description</h3>
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Concatenates one or more
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<a href="../CoreTypes/resources.html">resource</a>s
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to a single file or to the console. The destination
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file will be created if it does not exist.
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<a href="../CoreTypes/resources.html#collection">
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Resource Collection</a>s are used to
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select which resources are to be concatenated. There is no
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singular attribute to specify a single resource to cat.
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<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
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<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
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<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">destfile</td>
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<td valign="top">
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The destination file for the concatenated stream.
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If not specified the console will be used instead.
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<td valign="top" align="center">
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No
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<td valign="top">append</td>
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<td valign="top">
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Specifies whether or not the file specified by 'destfile'
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should be appended. Defaults to "no".
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</td>
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<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">force</td>
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<td valign="top">
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Specifies whether or not the file specified by 'destfile'
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should be written to even if it is newer than all source files.
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<em>since Ant 1.6</em>.
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Defaults to "yes".
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<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">encoding</td>
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<td valign="top">
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Specifies the encoding for the input files. Please see <a
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href="http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/guide/internat/encoding.doc.html">
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http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/guide/internat/encoding.doc.html</a>
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for a list of possible values. Defaults to the platform's
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default character encoding.
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<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">outputencoding</td>
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<td valign="top">
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The encoding to use when writing the output file
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<em>since Ant 1.6</em>.
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Defaults to the value of the encoding attribute
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if given or the default JVM encoding otherwise.
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<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">fixlastline</td>
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<td valign="top">
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Specifies whether or not to check if
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each file concatenated is terminated by
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a new line. If this attribute is "yes"
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a new line will be appended to the stream if
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the file did not end in a new line.
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<em>since Ant 1.6</em>.
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Defaults to "no".
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This attribute does not apply to embedded text.
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<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">eol</td>
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<td valign="top">
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Specifies what the end of line character are
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for use by the fixlastline attribute.
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<em>since Ant 1.6</em>
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Valid values for this property are:
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<li>cr: a single CR</li>
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<li>lf: a single LF</li>
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<li>crlf: the pair CRLF</li>
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<li>mac: a single CR</li>
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<li>unix: a single LF</li>
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<li>dos: the pair CRLF</li>
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The default is platform dependent.
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For Unix platforms, the default is "lf".
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For DOS based systems (including Windows),
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the default is "crlf".
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For Mac OS, the default is "cr".
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<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">binary</td>
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<td valign="top">
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<em>since Ant 1.6.2</em>
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If this attribute is set to true, the task concatenates the files
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in a byte by byte fashion. If this attribute is false, concat will
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not normally work for binary files due to character encoding
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issues.
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If this option is set to true, the destfile attribute must be
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set, and the task cannot used nested text.
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Also the attributes encoding, outputencoding, filelastline
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cannot be used.
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The default is false.
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<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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</table>
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<h3>Parameters specified as nested elements</h3>
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<h4>Resource Collection</h4>
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<p><em>since Ant 1.7</em>.</p>
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Any of the various <a href="../CoreTypes/resources.html#collection">
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Resource Collection</a> types can specify the resources to be
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concatenated.
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<h4>filterchain</h4>
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<p><em>since Ant 1.6</em>.</p>
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<p>The concat task supports nested
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<a href="../CoreTypes/filterchain.html"> FilterChain</a>s.</p>
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<h4>header, footer</h4>
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<p><em>since Ant 1.6</em>.</p>
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<p>Used to prepend or postpend text into the concatenated stream.</p>
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<p>The text may be in-line or be in a file.</p>
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<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
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<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
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<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">filtering</td>
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<td valign="top">
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Whether to filter the text provided by this sub element,
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default is "yes".
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<td valign="top" align = "center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">file</td>
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<td valign="top">A file to place at the head or tail of the
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concatenated text.
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<td valign="top" align = "center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">trim</td>
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<td valign="top">Whether to trim the value, default is "no"</td>
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<td valign="top" align = "center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">trimleading</td>
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<td valign="top">
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Whether to trim leading white space on each line, default is "no"
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<td valign="top" align = "center">No</td>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
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<p><b>Concatenate a string to a file:</b></p>
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<concat destfile="README">Hello, World!</concat>
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</pre>
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<p><b>Concatenate a series of files to the console:</b></p>
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<concat>
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<fileset dir="messages" includes="*important*"/>
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</concat>
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</pre>
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<p><b>Concatenate a single file, appending if the destination file exists:</b></p>
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<concat destfile="NOTES" append="true">
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<filelist dir="notes" files="note.txt"/>
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</concat>
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<p><b>Concatenate a series of files, update the destination
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file only if is older that all the source files:</b></p>
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<concat destfile="${docbook.dir}/all-sections.xml"
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force="no">
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<filelist dir="${docbook.dir}/sections"
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files="introduction.xml,overview.xml"/>
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<fileset dir="${docbook.dir}"
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includes="sections/*.xml"
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</concat>
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<p><b>Concatenate a series of files, expanding ant properties</b></p>
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<filterchain>
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<p><b>Filter the lines containing project from build.xml and output
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them to report.output, prepending with a header</b></p>
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<concat destfile="${build.dir}/report.output">
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<header filtering="no" trimleading="yes">
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Lines that contain project
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<path path="build.xml"/>
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<filterchain>
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<linecontains>
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<p><b>Concatenate a number of binary files.</b></p>
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<concat destfile="${build.dir}/dist.bin" binary="yes">
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<fileset file="${src.dir}/scripts/dist.sh">
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<fileset file="${build.dir}/dist.tar.bz2">
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Copyright © 2002-2005 The Apache Software Foundation. All
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Rights Reserved.
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