--- JimCant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How can I ensure that a given target will always run > before any others > regardless of what is specifed on the command line? > I have a build file > that depends on a single parameter (property) to > define output directories > and other properties. I'd like to be able to check > that this property has > been set whenever this the build file is invoked for > any target or set of > targets without having to make every target depend > on it. Can this be done? > For Perl fans this is like a BEGIN block; for Java > fans, this is like a > static block in a class - that is- code that gets > run before anything else > happens.
Just put it outside of any target. Ant will treat any such instruction as being in the "" target. HTH, Matt > > Thanks, > jim cant > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Can-force-a-target-to-run-whenever-ant-in-invoked-to-do-setup-without-%27depends%27-in-each-target-tp18122871p18122871.html > Sent from the Ant - Users mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
