Re: valid characters for target names

2005-06-10 Thread Ivan Ivanov
--- Mark Lybarger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hyphens work quite well for target names. I would > guess underscores will > also work. one trick to having a target that you > don't want to be called > directly is to name it with double hyphens. Actually one hyphen will do it also: > for e

Re: valid characters for target names

2005-06-10 Thread Mark Lybarger
hyphens work quite well for target names. I would guess underscores will also work. one trick to having a target that you don't want to be called directly is to name it with double hyphens. for example: i hadn't though about quoting the argument, but the shell doesn't like to run : ant -

Re: valid characters for target names

2005-06-10 Thread Eric Tchepannou
Hi, I will personally not use spaces, but I can remember a couple of times where I have used dots (.) in my target names. May be from the command line you may have to run your target like this: ant -f "install server" (I have never tested this, but it could work) On 6/10/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <

valid characters for target names

2005-06-09 Thread ralapa
Hi, Could someone please clarify what is a valid characters for a target name? I have been using spaces in the target names, e.g. "install server", because it is more readable, and since I only invoke ant through my IDE (IntelliJ) I don't care that spaces make it harder to use on the commandline.

valid characters for target names

2005-06-09 Thread ralapa
Hi, Could someone please clarify what is a valid characters for a target name? I have been using spaces in the target names, e.g. "install server", because it is more readable, and since I only invoke ant through my IDE (IntelliJ) I don't care that spaces make it harder to use on the commandline.