23 messages in org.apache.ant.userRe: Building a hierarcical build-file...| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| schmitt | Oct 17, 2000 7:13 am | |
| Stefan Bodewig | Oct 17, 2000 7:30 am | |
| Dino Valente | Oct 17, 2000 8:19 am | |
| Stefan Bodewig | Oct 17, 2000 8:34 am | |
| Craig R. McClanahan | Oct 17, 2000 8:44 am | |
| George McKInney | Oct 17, 2000 8:44 am | |
| Mahlen Morris | Oct 17, 2000 8:51 am | |
| Stefan Bodewig | Oct 17, 2000 8:52 am | |
| Dino Valente | Oct 17, 2000 9:06 am | |
| Stefan Bodewig | Oct 17, 2000 9:21 am | |
| Craig R. McClanahan | Oct 17, 2000 9:55 am | |
| Dan Smith | Oct 17, 2000 10:11 am | |
| Chris Todd | Oct 17, 2000 5:24 pm | |
| Chris Todd | Oct 17, 2000 6:11 pm | |
| Diane Holt | Oct 17, 2000 10:48 pm | |
| Stefan Bodewig | Oct 17, 2000 11:50 pm | |
| Stefan Bodewig | Oct 18, 2000 12:53 am | |
| Stefan Bodewig | Oct 18, 2000 1:10 am | |
| Stefan Bodewig | Oct 18, 2000 1:34 am | |
| Douglas Guptill | Oct 18, 2000 1:48 pm | |
| Stefan Bodewig | Oct 19, 2000 4:30 am | |
| Dino Valente | Oct 20, 2000 7:55 am | |
| Stefan Bodewig | Oct 20, 2000 7:58 am |
| Subject: | Re: Building a hierarcical build-file tree? | |
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| From: | Stefan Bodewig (bode...@bost.de) | |
| Date: | Oct 17, 2000 9:21:08 am | |
| List: | org.apache.ant.user | |
"DV" == Dino Valente <di...@3dstockcharts.com> writes:
DV> (is it possible in Java to change the current working DV> directory?).
Some people have had success changing the system property user.dir but it's not portable and has some strange side effects.
DV> I would like to have two aspects addressed: the ability to DV> execute build files in a hierarchical fashion (in which each DV> build file is self contained)
Where the way properties take precedence is the main problem?
DV> and the ability to reuse rules (which is possible via the ENTITY DV> declaration; it is the relative file problem that is preventing DV> it).
Ant 1.2 will give the parser the full path to the XML file it is parsing. Relative paths should be considered relative to the XML file not the working directory, so I *think* it *should* work. I'll give it a try tomorrow.
Stefan