Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact ant-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 31013 invoked from network); 31 Aug 2000 14:14:56 -0000 Received: from mx01.widelearning.com (212.158.40.5) by locus.apache.org with SMTP; 31 Aug 2000 14:14:56 -0000 Received: by MX01 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:09:08 +0100 Message-ID: <412FDD0E9675D311BB7C005004F831C572755A@MX01> From: Ian Atkin To: "'ant-user@jakarta.apache.org'" Subject: RE: How do you support customization of your build files? Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:09:05 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N kc, i believe ant can get it's properties from a Java properties file using the 'file' or 'resource' attributes these files must comply with the java.util.Properties file format check the properties task in the built-in tasks part of the docs for more accurate info hope it helps Ian Atkin Code Monkey & Text File Editor Wide Learning ian.atkin@widelearning.com 0171-253-1211 > -----Original Message----- > From: KC Baltz [SMTP:KBaltz@responsenetworks.com] > Sent: 31 August, 2000 2:45 PM > To: 'ant-user@jakarta.apache.org' > Subject: How do you support customization of your build files? > > I have a build.xml for our project that I'd like to share with co-workers. > However, I'm constantly updating it and I'd like them to be able to get > those changes without having to re-enter all their specific details > (install > dir, build dir...) in the properties. How do people handle this? I'm > looking for a solution like an include directive where the properties > would > be in a separate .xml file that would be included in the master one. > > K.C. Baltz