Hi Scott, Thanks for pointing that out I've been calling the targets manually on the commandline. even if I got them to work the build file would still have failed due to no depends Thanks, BPM
-----Original Message----- From: Scot P. Floess [mailto:sflo...@nc.rr.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 12:47 PM To: Brian McCann Cc: 'Ant Users List' Subject: RE: How change variable based on environment variable value I don't see how either target checkbuildbox nor setJOF is called... Your default target is set to "build" - how are you executing when you run ant? I'd like to see your depends, etc... On Mon, 6 Jun 2011, Brian McCann wrote: > Hi, > This is the complete build.xml file. > > Thanks, > BPM > ========================================================== > <project name="Buildbox" default="build" basedir="."> > <!-- > Import a special target set for master build files. > This overrides the standard targets defined in > build-common-targets which is pulled in through > the build-imports.xml process. > --> > > <!--<import file="tools/build-master-targets.xml" /> > <import file="build-imports.xml" />--> > > > <!-- check for value of BUILD_BOX --> > <target name="checkbuildbox" description="Checks if the build is > running on the Build Machine"> > <!-- check to see that the property gets set --> > <property environment="env"/> > <property name="BUILD_BOX" value="${env.BUILD_BOX}"/> > <echo>${env.BUILD_BOX}</echo> > </target> > > <target name="setJOF" if="${env.BUILD_BOX}"> > <property name="JOF" value="F:/Inetpub/wwwroot/wo30"/> > <echo>${JOF}</echo> > </target> > > > <!-- > A filelist defines an ordered list that is used to > encode the project build order that should be used > --> > <!--<filelist id="children.filelist" dir="."> > <file name="JOF"/> > </filelist>--> > </project> > ========================================================================== > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scot P. Floess [mailto:sflo...@nc.rr.com] > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 12:09 PM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: How change variable based on environment variable value > > > Any chance we can see the complete build.xml? > > On Mon, 6 Jun 2011, Brian McCann wrote: > >> Hi, >> Below is xml from my build.xml file. I'm trying to set a property value >> based on the condition >> that the build.xml file is being run on the build box. I created a system >> variable and set it to true on a Win XP SP3 build system. >> I tested this part of the xml and the code " > <echo>${env.BUILD_BOX}</echo>" >> works and returns the correct value of "True" >> for the variable "${env.BUILD_BOX}". The problem is the second target >> "setJOF" is not setting the "JOF" property value to >> "F:/Inetpub/wwwroot/wo30". >> The xml "<echo>${JOF}</echo>" returns no value. >> >> In a nutshell I'm trying to do is check if the buld.xml is running on the >> buildbox (not a developers box). If it's running on the buildbox change > the >> value of a property to >> a path unique to the buildbox which overrides the path property value in > the >> build.user.properties file. If it's not running on the buildbox use the >> value of the >> property set in the build.user.properties file. >> >> Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. >> Thanks, >> >> BPM >> >> Build.xml : >> >> <!-- check for value of BUILD_BOX --> >> >> <target name="checkbuildbox" description="Checks if the build is >> running on the Build Machine"> >> >> <!-- check to see that the >> property gets set --> >> >> <property >> environment="env"/> >> >> <property name="BUILD_BOX" >> value="${env.BUILD_BOX}"/> >> >> >> <echo>${env.BUILD_BOX}</echo> >> >> </target> >> >> >> >> <target name="setJOF" if="${env.BUILD_BOX}"> >> >> <property name="JOF" value="F:/Inetpub/wwwroot/wo30"/> >> >> <echo>${JOF}</echo> >> >> </target> >> >> >> >> build.userproperties: >> JOF=C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/wo30 >> >> >> >> > > Scot P. Floess RHCT (Certificate Number 605010084735240) > Chief Architect FlossWare http://sourceforge.net/projects/flossware > http://flossware.sourceforge.net > https://github.com/organizations/FlossWare > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > > Scot P. Floess RHCT (Certificate Number 605010084735240) Chief Architect FlossWare http://sourceforge.net/projects/flossware http://flossware.sourceforge.net https://github.com/organizations/FlossWare --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
