As others have pointed out, you're missing a couple of quotes. I recommend that you do the following:
* Put each parameter for a task on a separate line. It makes missing quotes easier to see. * Use an editor that does syntax highlighting. When editors do syntax highlighting, quoted text is usually a different color than task parameters. I use Vim, and I have it configured so that task names show up in yellow, parameters to the tasks show up in green, and quoted text shows up in red. I would easily spot this error because "destdir" should be green since it is a task parameter, but it will show up in red because it is part of the quoted text. Good syntax highlighting editors include Emacs and Vim which both come on Linux boxes. If you have a Sun box, and Vim or Emacs aren't installed, ask you system admin to install then. They can be found at http://www.sunfreeware.com/ already packaged and precompiled. If you use Windows, go to http://vim.org for the latest copy of Vim. Also take a look at SciTES at http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html. Syntax highlighting editors can save you hours of frustration from piddling mistakes like misspelled keywords or missing quotes. On 10/8/07, Mohammad Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > below is the part of my build.xml > > <target name="clean"> > <delete dir="${targetdir}"/> > </target> > > <target name="init" depends="clean"> > <mkdir dir="${targetdir}"/> > </target> > > <target name="copy-resources" depends="clean, init"> > <copy todir="${targetdir}"> > <fileset dir="${sourcedir}"> > <exclude name="**/*.java"/> > </fileset> > </copy> > </target> > > <target name="compile" depends="clean, init, copy-resources"> > <javac srcdir="${sourcedir} destdir=${targetdir}" > classpathref="libraries"/> > </target> > > > > ant returned: > > BUILD FAILED > srcdir "/home/user/project/src destdir=/home/user/project/bin" does not > exist! > > I see both src and bin directory exist in my project root. > Would anybody give a light on it? > > Thanks, > Mohammad > > > -- > "Proper planning prevents poor performance." > - Anonymous > -- -- David Weintraub [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
