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 80209 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2000 11:07:32 -0000 Received: from law2-f260.hotmail.com (HELO hotmail.com) (216.32.180.218) by locus.apache.org with SMTP; 17 Aug 2000 11:07:32 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 17 Aug 2000 04:07:06 -0700 Received: from 194.158.188.114 by lw2fd.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 17 Aug 2000 GMT X-Originating-IP: [194.158.188.114] From: "Jeroen Breedveld" To: ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Subject: newbie: properties question Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 13:07:06 CEST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Aug 2000 11:07:06.0068 (UTC) FILETIME=[476B4940:01C0083B] X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Hi, Are the properties you set in a build file also available for an java program you start with the java task? Normally you would supply the system properties by using: java -Dpath_to_file_with_properties myproject The file path_to_file_with_properties would have the format as defined by the file used in the class java.util.Properties. greetings jeroen ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com