> I'm using ${basedir} to work out where to write files to (I
> navigate around a bit). Unfortunately, if I'm working within
> a symlinked directory, basedir ends up being the canonical
> directory rather than the symlinked one. Sample project:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" ?>
>
> <project target="test">
>
> <target name="test">
> <echo>${basedir}</echo>
> </target>
>
> </project>
>
> Run this from a symlinked directory, and you see the
> canonicalised name.
> Is there any way of suppressing this behaviour?
>
> Environment: Linux (Fedora Core 3), Ant 1.6.5, Java 1.5
To reply to my own question - it looks like it's Java which is doing
this. A simple Java program which just prints out
new File("foo").getAbsolutePath()
prints out the canonical path. It may be something in the Java shell
script. I'll have to work out how to fix things up manually...
Jon
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