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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="Apache Ant Properties Project" basedir=".">
  
  <property name="jstl.jar" value="jstl.jar"/> 
  
  <condition property="jstl.jar.exists">
    <available file="${jstl.jar}" filepath="./lib"/>
  </condition>
  <target name="build-jstl" depends="checkout-jstl" unless="jstl.jar.exists">
    <echo message="Building ${jstl.jar}"/>
  </target>

</project>