BCI Nodes - Keep

<Keep> - In BBj 11.00 and higher, this node searches for beginning and ending tags in file and stores the text found in between the tags in a variable. Can be used in conjunction with <Replace> node to keep some lines in a file but replace others. The parent node must be a <File> node.

Attribute	Description	Possible Values	Default Value
variable	The name of the variable in which to store the resultant lines.	Name of variable	None
begin	The beginning tag to search the file for.	Any string	None
end	The ending tag to search the file for.	Any string	None

Common Attribute

Description

Possible Values

Default Value

bit

Specifies the Java bit level for which the BCI node will be active.

0	All bit levels
32	32-bit level
64	64-bit level

In BBj 19.21 and higher, the following values may also be used:

1	32-bit level
2	64-bit level

0 = All bit levels

osbit

Specifies the OS bit level for which the BCI node will be active.

0	All bit levels
32	32-bit level
64	64-bit level

In BBj 19.21 and higher, the following values may also be used:

1	32-bit level
2	64-bit level

0 = All bit levels

osname

In BBj 24.10 and higher, specifies the OS for which the BCI node will be active. Multiple OS's are comma separated.

Windows

Mac

Linux

AIX

All

portid

Specifies the port ID for which the BCI node will be active. Multiple port IDs are comma separated.

As of BBj 24.10, the portid attribute has been removed. Use osname instead.

See Platform Availability for possible port IDs.

All port IDs

Example

<File name="unix/bin/.envsetup" installdir="bin" osname="Windows,Mac,Linux,AIX" permission="r+wx+" uninstall="never">
  <Keep variable="$CustomDefs" begin="$BeginCustomDefs" end="$EndCustomDefs" />
  <Replace search="$customdefs$" replace="$CustomDefs" />
</File>

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