Ant: Conditional Copy

Question

I want to overwrite the hosts file on the Windows machine if the user allows it:

<input message="Do you want to overwrite the HOSTS file?"
       addproperty="overwrite.hosts" validargs="yes,no" />

<copy tofile="${env.WINDIR}/system32/drivers/etc/hosts.backup">
    <fileset file="${env.WINDIR}/system32/drivers/etc/hosts" />
</copy>

<copy todir="${env.WINDIR}/system32/drivers/etc">
    <fileset file="${trainer.dir}/hosts" />
</copy>

How do I do the copies only if the user says yes?

EDIT:

I tried this:

    <input message="Do you want to overwrite the HOSTS file?" addproperty="overwrite.hosts" validargs="yes,no" />

    <if>
        <equals arg1="${overwrite.hosts}" arg2="yes" />
        <then>
            <copy tofile="${env.windir}/system32/drivers/etc/hosts.backup">
                <fileset file="${env.windir}/system32/drivers/etc/hosts">
                </fileset>
            </copy>

            <copy todir="${env.windir}/system32/drivers/etc">
                <fileset file="${trainer.dir}/hosts">
                </fileset>
            </copy>
        </then>
    </if>

and I get this output:

C:\trainer\build.xml:16: Problem: failed to create task or type if
Cause: The name is undefined.
Action: Check the spelling.
Action: Check that any custom tasks/types have been declared.
Action: Check that any <presetdef>/<macrodef> declarations have taken place.

I'm an ant rookie... What do I need to do?

Answer 1

You could use a condition or a if task for that. (The latter is part of the ant-contrib project.)