So I run my task with ccnet and my task creates files. What is the best way to read the file and identify if there is a certain value in it from msbuild??
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A:
It's depend on your file.
Plain text with multiple lines
If the file is like that :
Building XXX
...
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 38 seconds
Buildfile: file.
You could use ReadLinesFromFile to read the file and CreateProperty with a Condition to check the value.
<PropertyGroup>
<ValueToCheck>BUILD SUCCESSFUL</ValueToCheck>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="CheckValue">
<ReadLinesFromFile File="@(MyTextFile)" >
<Output TaskParameter="Result" ItemName="Value"/>
</ReadLinesFromFile>
<CreateProperty Value="true"
Condition="'%(Value.Identity)' == '$(ValueToCheck)'">
<Output TaskParameter="Value" PropertyName="ValueIsPresent" />
</CreateProperty>
</Target>
Xml file
If the file is in Xml, you could use XmlPeek (MSBuild 4) or XmlRead from MSBuild Community Task.
madgnome
2010-06-15 06:51:33