MSBuildContrib Updates

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I know I just mentioned this project yesterday, but I wanted to thank those of you who have already downloaded it. Hopefully you have found it useful so far. I have already updated the project for the 1.0.2913.51352 release, which adds a few new tasks and cleans up some of the existing ones.

Here is the current list of tasks:

NAnt/NAntContrib Task MSBuildContrib Task Status Description
attrib Attrib Complete* Changes the file attributes of a file or set of files and directories.
checksum Checksum Complete* Calculates checksums for a set of files.
codestats CodeStats Complete Generates statistics from source code.
concat Concat Complete* A task that concatenates a set of files.
gac-install GacUtil Complete Installs assemblies into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) by using the gacutil SDK tool.
gac-uninstall GacUtil Complete Uninstalls assemblies into the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) by using the gacutil SDK tool.
grep Grep Complete Searches files for a regular-expression and produces an XML report of the matches.
move Move Complete* Moves a file or set of files to a new file or directory.
sysinfo GetEnvironment Complete** Sets properties with system information.

* Task was recently added.
** This task was actually in the first release, I forgot to mention it.

The following tasks are currently planned for a later release.

NAnt/NAntContrib Task MSBuildContrib Task Description
asminfo AssemblyInfo Generates an AssemblyInfo file using the attributes given.
fxcop FxCop Analyzes managed code assemblies using the Microsoft FxCop.
get RequestUrl Gets a particular file from a URL source.
iniread IniFileRead Reads String values in INI files.
iniwrite IniFileUpdate Sets String values in INI files.
mail SendMailMessage Sends an SMTP message.
nantschema MSBuildContribSchema Creates an XSD file for all available tasks.
nunit2 NUnit Runs tests using the NUnit V2.2 framework.
regex CreatePropertyRegex Sets project properties based on the evaluation of a regular expression.
servicecontroller ServiceController Allows a Windows service to be controlled.
sleep Sleep Sleeps a specified period of time.
style Style Processes a document via XSLT.
tstamp Timestamp Sets properties with the current date and time.
unzip Unzip Extracts files from a zip file.
uptodate UpToDate Check modification dates on groups of files.
version VersionNumber Increments a four-part version number stored in a text file.
xmlpeek XmlRead Extracts text from an XML file at the location specified by an XPath expression.
xmlpoke XmlUpdate Replaces text in an XML file at the location specified by an XPath expression.
zip Zip Creates a zip file from the specified filesets.
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