Based on what you said, I am looking to eliminate the OS-differenes. But this is what I have.
In the makefile.linux: LOCAL = /usr/local/project_name In the makefile.Windows_NT LOCAL = C:/Project_name. How do I avoid this? If I removed the differences what would the universal LOCAL look like? Thanks, Veena On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Ernst de Haan <er...@pensioenpage.com>wrote: > Veena, > > How does the operating system know when to execute makefile.linux and >> makefile.Windows_NT. >> >> How do I do this in ant? >> > > > Normally, you should avoid any OS-differences. Really. Try to get rid of > all OS-specific stuff as much as you can. > > So much for the theory. Now the practice is that things can still be > OS-dependent, for example if you have binary libraries or executables. In > this case, Ant provides several ways to make decisions based on the OS. The > first thing to consider is the following Ant properties: > os.name > os.arch > os.version > > Then you can use a <condition> to make a decision based on a certain value. > > If that's not enough, you can -for example- use <and>/<or>/<not> tasks as > available via ant-contrib. > > For a bit more information, see: > > http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t136207-determine-platform-with-ant.html > > Met een vriendelijke groet, > > Ernst de Haan > PensioenPage B.V. > www.pensioenpage.com > > tel. +31 6 20246157 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > >
