Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-ant-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 80248 invoked from network); 1 May 2008 14:46:04 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 1 May 2008 14:46:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 87610 invoked by uid 500); 1 May 2008 14:45:58 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-ant-user-archive@ant.apache.org Received: (qmail 87577 invoked by uid 500); 1 May 2008 14:45:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@ant.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Users List" Reply-To: "Ant Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list user@ant.apache.org Received: (qmail 87566 invoked by uid 99); 1 May 2008 14:45:57 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 May 2008 07:45:57 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.6 required=10.0 tests=DNS_FROM_OPENWHOIS,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,WHOIS_MYPRIVREG X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of lists@nabble.com designates 216.139.236.158 as permitted sender) Received: from [216.139.236.158] (HELO kuber.nabble.com) (216.139.236.158) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 01 May 2008 14:45:04 +0000 Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Jra2H-0007Xc-9t for user@ant.apache.org; Thu, 01 May 2008 07:45:25 -0700 Message-ID: <16993279.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 07:45:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Jay To: user@ant.apache.org Subject: Repeated setting of sysproperties in junit MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Nabble-From: jimbo@nitelife.co.uk X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Hi, I'm fairly new to Ant and would appreciate some advice: I have targets in a number of build files that all set the same group of system properties for different junit tests. The values set will always be the same as the system properties are set from ant properties loaded from a properties file. Obviously I don't really want to copy-and-paste identical blocks into each target like: