dependency checking is not included in Ant. ???

hi, the following statement: "Some of the features of make, specifically inference rules and dependency checking are not included in Ant." means that ant will do full build always regardlesss of source has changed or not? any comments!!! thanks, h

urgent : CC task compiles every time even .C is not changed

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tool for XML editing ????

hi, As XML is not easily editable are there any tool availble to write,modify and debug it easily? or do you know any ANT related tools which makes GNU to ANT migration , maintainance easy? thanks, hiren patel - Start your day

CC task in ANT

Hi, I want to compile .c file using ant. I have added cpptasks.jar and ant-contrib.jar from lib directory. I dont know how to use cc task in build.xml. can anyody provide sample build.xml that compiles prog.c and header.h to an exe? Thanks, hiren patel

help with exec to compile c file

hi, I am currently compiling using exec but it seems that ANT always compiles the .c file regardless of .c has changed or not. is there any way that ant checks for timestamps of source files and acts smart about building executable when we are using exec. do you know how to modify code below

how to use cc task in ANT?

HI, I want to compile .c file using ant. I have added cpptasks.jarand ant-contrib.jar from in lib directory. I dont know how to use cc task in build.xml. can anyody provide sample build.xml that compiles prog1.c and header1.h to an exe1 in the same directory? Thanks, hiren patel

how to make hierchical build possible with ANT?

. but it is not parsing build.xmls of subsystems. each subsystem has its own build.xml any suggestions?? thanks, hiren patel - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page

Re: which build tool yields fastest incremental builds? GNU make , Jam , Ant or Scons ?

. has anybody used ANT on such a large project? or lets say is it feasible to use ANT ? Thanks, Hiren patel James Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >so anybody knows which one is fastest among Jam,Ant and Scons ? > > the differences in perf are small between the thr

Is it possible to print the DAG created internally by Ant ????

Hi, almost all contemporary build tools analyze the dependencies on their own and generated the directed acyclic graph. is it possibile to print that one on output ? it can be useful in analyzing dependancies. -hiren patel - Start your

which build tool yields fastest incremental builds? GNU make , Jam , Ant or Scons ?

yields fastest incremental builds ? As it seems that GNU make is fastest of all but painful for large projects. Jam , Ant and scons all are more sophisticated tools but have complains about being slow. so anybody knows which one is fastest among Jam,Ant and Scons ? Thanks, Hiren patel

for C++project, is there any way to cache dependancy information in ANT ?

suggestions, thanks hiren "Shatzer, Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you are using the task, there is a cache attribute. http://ant.apache.org/manual/OptionalTasks/depend.html Or are you talking with ? > -Original Message- > From: hiren patel [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

is there any way to cache dependancy information in ANT?

Hi, Ant calcualtes the dependacies between files on the fly. but since this operation will be performed each time, in order to make it fast , is it possible to cache it ? and skip it ? thanks, hiren __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mai

Creating tasks in Ant for C++ project

Hi, is it easy to create custom tasks in Ant to achieve the functionaly as provided by make ? I want to move from make to ANT , so do you have an idea that what it takes to convert the existing makefile to Ant files? thanks, hiren - St

Does Ant improves the performance in large c++ project than make?

n doing this at each build operation. Is there any way to cache the dependancy information in order to remove this overhead? Please provide suggestions, Thanks, Hiren patel __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protecti