Index: Expand.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/ant/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Expand.java,v
retrieving revision 1.49
diff -u -w -r1.49 Expand.java
--- Expand.java	13 Aug 2003 14:46:15 -0000	1.49
+++ Expand.java	10 Dec 2003 02:24:23 -0000
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
     private static final String NATIVE_ENCODING = "native-encoding";
 
     private String encoding = "UTF8";
+    private boolean ignoreRootFiles = false;
 
     /**
      * Do the work.
@@ -236,6 +237,16 @@
                 return;
             }
         }
+        //Root listing fix, if the entry name is starting with / (root folder)
+        //and we are not expanding to the root, then treat this as relative
+        //havent tested on windows
+        if ( ignoreRootFiles ) {
+            if (!dir.getAbsolutePath().equals(File.separator) &&
+                entryName.startsWith(File.separator)) {
+                entryName = entryName.substring(1);
+            }
+        }
+        //End fix
         File f = fileUtils.resolveFile(dir, entryName);
         try {
             if (!overwrite && f.exists()
@@ -343,4 +354,17 @@
         this.encoding = encoding;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * If set to true, this file will ignore the root character
+     * and expand the file into the destination folder even though the
+     * filepath in the jar is /file.txt
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public boolean getIgnoreRootFiles() {
+        return ignoreRootFiles;
+    }
+    public void setIgnoreRootFiles(boolean ignoreRootFiles) {
+        this.ignoreRootFiles = ignoreRootFiles;
+    }
+
 }