Thanks, but this is kind of ugly. Turns out there is a bug open for this:
(http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18732) ... but it's listed as an "enhancement". IMHO this is more than an "enhancement". At the very least, the Ant documentation should mention that in-line property expansion does not work when -propertyfile is used. David Weintraub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There's a way around this. Do this to use your property file: This overrides the setting of the "property.file" property inside your build.xml file, and gets its property values via the file alt.properties instead of test.properties. I'll have to play around with the -propertyfile parameter and see why it might not have worked for you. I've never used that command line parameter before, so maybe it simply doesn't work. On Jan 11, 2008 10:14 AM, Michael Pelz Sherman wrote: > You're right - adding the following line to build build.xml did the trick: > > > > So why doesn't it work with -propertyfile? I want to be able to specify > different property files on the cmd line, and I was hoping to take advantage > of this feature. > > Chuck Holzwarth wrote: > You have to import the property file or declare the properties in the build > file. > > Thank you, > Chuck Holzwarth > (804) 403-3478 (home) > (540) 335-3171 (cell) > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Michael Pelz Sherman > To: Ant Users List > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 5:52:27 PM > Subject: inline property expansion not working as advertised > > > From the Property task docs > (http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/property.html) > > ================================ > In-file property expansion is very cool. Learn to use it. > Example: > > build.compiler=jikes > deploy.server=lucky > deploy.port=8080 > deploy.url=http://${deploy.server}:${deploy.port}/ > ================================ > > So I created a properties file with the above > and the following build.xml file: > > ================================== > > > > > deploy.url is ${deploy.url} > > > > > ================================== > > The I ran it as follows: > > $ ant -propertyfile test.properties > > Here is the output: > > ================================== > Buildfile: build.xml > > test: > [echo] deploy.url is http://${deploy.server}:${deploy.port}/ > > BUILD SUCCESSFUL > Total time: 0 seconds > ================================== > I'm using ant 7.0. > > What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks, > - mps > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > -- -- David Weintraub [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
