# B.3 AppendTask The Append Task appends text or contents of files to a specified file. In the example above, AppendTask is reading a filename from `book/PhingGuide.book`, processing the file contents with XSLT, and then appending the result to the file located at `${process.outputfile}`. This is a real example from the build file used to generate this book! Table B.3:聽Attributes NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired`destFile``File`Path of file to which text should be appended. If not specified the console will be used instead.n/aNo`append``String`Specifies whether or not the file specified by 'destfile' should be appended. Defaults to "yes".yesNo`overwrite``Boolean`Specifies whether or not the file specified by 'destfile' should be written to even if it is newer than all source files.yesNo`fixlastline``Boolean`Specifies whether or not to check if each file concatenated is terminated by a new line. If this attribute is "yes" a new line will be appended to the stream if the file did not end in a new line. This attribute does not apply to embedded text.noNo`eol``String`Specifies what the end of line character are for use by the fixlastline attribute. Valid values for this property are: - `cr: a single CR` - `lf: a single LF` - `crlf: the pair CRLF` - `mac: a single CR` - `unix: a single LF` - `dos: the pair CRLF` The default is platform dependent. For Unix platforms, the default is "lf". For DOS based systems (including Windows), the default is "crlf". For Mac OS, the default is "cr".n/aNo`file``File`Path to file that should be appended to destFile.n/aNo`text``String`Some literal text to append to file.n/aNo B.3.1 Examples ``` <append destFile="${process.outputfile}"> <filterchain> <xsltfilter style="${process.stylesheet}"> <param name="mode" expression="${process.xslt.mode}"/> </xsltfilter> </filterchain> <filelist dir="book/" listfile="book/PhingGuide.book"/> </append> ``` B.3.2 Supported Nested Tags - `filelist` - `fileset` - `filterchain` - `path` - `header, footer` Used to prepend or postpend text into the concatenated stream. The text may be in-line or be in a file. Table B.4:聽Attributes NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired`filtering``Boolean`Whether to filter the text provided by this sub element.yesNo`file``String`A file to place at the head or tail of the concatenated text.n/aNo`trim``Boolean`Whether to trim the value.noNo`trimleading``Boolean`Whether to trim leading white space on each line.noNo