Thanks for the input - it was due to the lack of a default target Thanks. Regards Andy
On 9/13/05, Erskine, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When you are calling Ant, are you giving it a target to execute? Since > your project tag does not have the 'default' attribute in it, Ant does > not know what target to execute. > > Chris Erskine > > EDS Consulting Services > Colorado Springs, CO > > Phone: 719-265-5962 > Cell: 719-640-6488 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy Wickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:35 AM > > To: user@ant.apache.org > > Subject: Very basic newby problem? > > > > Hi, > > > > I am attempting the run the following ant script: > > > > <project name="MyProject" basedir="."> > > <description> > > simple example build file > > </description> > > > > <target name="compile" description="compile the source" > > > <javac srcdir="common" destdir="common"/> > > </target> > > </project> > > > > where common is a directory under the root directory (containing the > > build.xml file) that contains some java source files. > > > > When I run the script with the debug option i get the following > output: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > > start > > clip > > Apache Ant version 1.6.5 compiled on June 2 2005 > > Buildfile: build.xml > > Adding reference: ant.PropertyHelper > > Detected Java version: 1.4 in: C:\Program Files\IBM\Java142\jre > > Detected OS: Windows XP > > Adding reference: ant.ComponentHelper > > Setting ro project property: ant.version -> Apache Ant version > > 1.6.5compiled on > > June 2 2005 > > Setting ro project property: ant.file -> C:\testoutput\build.xml > > Adding reference: ant.projectHelper > > Adding reference: ant.parsing.context > > Adding reference: ant.targets > > parsing buildfile C:\testoutput\build.xml with URI = > > file:///C:/testoutput/build > > .xml > > Setting ro project property: ant.project.name <http://ant.project.name> > <http://ant.project.name> -> > > MyProject > > Adding reference: MyProject > > Setting ro project property: ant.file.MyProject -> > C:\testoutput\build.xml > > Project base dir set to: C:\testoutput > > +Target: > > +Target: compile > > Attempting to create object of type > > org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor > > Adding reference: ant.executor > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > > ---end > > clip > > > > no attempt seems to compile the files and indeed no class files are > > created. > > > > if i run the command javac common\*.java from the root directory it > works > > ok. > > > > I have the following env. variables set: > > JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\IBM\Java142 > > ANT_HOME=C:\apache-ant-1.6.5 > > > > I assume it must be something quite fundamental but the fact that i > see > > javac run independently and Ant is invoked, I can't think what. > > > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Andy >
