Length

Since Apache Ant 1.6.3

Description

Display or set a property containing length information for a string, a file, or one or more nested resource collections. Can also be used as a condition.

Parameters

Attribute Description Required
Task Condition
property The property to set. No; by default, output value to the log Ignored
mode File length mode; when all the resulting value is the sum of all included resources' lengths; when each the task outputs the absolute path and length of each included resource, one per line. No; default is all
file Single file whose length to report. One of these, or one or more nested filesets
resource Single resource whose length to report (using extended properties handling). Since Ant 1.8.1
string The string whose length to report.
trim Whether to trim when operating on a string. No; default is false, ignored unless string is set
length Comparison length. Ignored Yes
when Comparison type: equal, eq, greater, gt, less, lt, ge (greater or equal), ne (not equal), le (less or equal). No; default is equal

Parameters specified as nested elements

resource collections

You can include resources via nested resource collections.

Examples

Store the length of the string foo in the property named length.foo.

<length string="foo" property="length.foo"/>

Store the length of file bar in the property named length.bar.

<length file="bar" property="length.bar"/>

Store the file paths of foo and bar and their length into the property length.

<length property="length" mode="each">
    <fileset dir="." includes="foo,bar"/>
</length>

Add the length of foo and bar and store the result in property length.

<length property="length" mode="all">
    <fileset dir="." includes="foo,bar"/>
</length>