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Apache Ant LoadFile Task
This task is used to load file into a property. It works on files and provides a srcFile attribute for ease. It uses default encoding current locale unless other one is specified.
It uses various attributes which are given below.
Apache Ant LoadFile Task Attributes
Attribute | Description | Required |
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srcFile | It is used to specify source file. | Yes |
property | A property to where to save file. | Yes |
encoding | To set encoding of the file. | No |
failonerror | Whether to halt the build on failure or not. | No |
quiet | It prevents to display a diagnostic message. | No |
Lets have some examples to understand it’s functionalities.
Apache Ant LoadFile Task Example
The above code will produce the content of abc.txt file.
Specifying encoding while reading file.
Set failonerror to get error information
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