inline property expansion not working as advertised

2008-01-10 Thread Michael Pelz Sherman
>From the Property task docs >(http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/property.html) In-file property expansion is very cool. Learn to use it. Example: build.compiler=jikes deploy.server=lucky deploy.port=8080 deploy.url=http://${deploy.server}:${deploy.port}

Running a target under a different working dir

2008-01-10 Thread Hannum, Daniel
Maybe this is a basic question, but I can't figure it out. I want to run the cargo task under a different working directory (so that my container's relative paths work correctly). I understand you can't change basedir. I've tried to do an antcall passing a different basedir, but that doesn't wo

Redirecting compile errors

2008-01-10 Thread Toomey, Kevin H (ATS, IT)
Hi, I'm using a Java class to execute an Ant project, and am unable to direct compile errors to the log file used by my BuildLogger. Here's an abbreviated version of my code: Project p = new Project(); p.init(); p.setUserProperty("ant.file", "common.xml") //more on this later DefaultLogger logg

Re: an input for ant arg.

2008-01-10 Thread David Weintraub
What about creating a task with a few ? Loadfile places the content of a file into a property. The acts on the contents of that file. I load the file input.sql into the property ${sql.line}. But, I add three filter chains. The first filters out all lines except the one I am looking for. The secon

Re: an input for ant arg.

2008-01-10 Thread Chuck Holzwarth
I do something similar using antform. You will need to obtain antform and include it in your build libs as well as setting it up for use: SVN login I use the properties recovered later. The following is an example of the use:

RE: an input for ant arg.

2008-01-10 Thread Alec Fernandez
Don't for get to use " for the " char and ' for the ' char in your ant source >> -Original Message- >> From: Steve Loughran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 5:30 AM >> To: Ant Users List >> Subject: Re: an input for ant arg. >> >> Chun Ji wrote: >> >> > >>

Re: an input for ant arg.

2008-01-10 Thread Steve Loughran
Chun Ji wrote: ... " The error msg is: Element type "arg" must be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>" So what should I do to solve this issue ? Any comments is welcome! The problem is the second statement has way too m