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Subject: Re: relative path
From: David Weintraub <qazwart@gmail.com>
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Is this Ant "library" build file included with the <import> task?

If this is the case, the imported tasks will behave as if they're in the
original build file. From the Ant Manual in the <import> task:

I*mported files are treated as they are present in the main buildfile.*

Otherwise, if you used <ant> or <subant>, you will need to pass the base
directory as a parameter:

<ant target="sometarget"
    dir="${some.dir}">
    <param name="calling.basedir" value="${basedir}/>
</ant>

Now, in the "library" build.xml file, you'd use ${calling.basedir} instead
of ${basedir}.

I recommend using <import> for common tasks. I've had quite a bit of success
defining my main targets ("clean", "compile", "package", "test") in an
<import> build.xml, and having the developers use that. It makes creating
the project's build.xml much easier and there is less code repetition.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:47 AM, divyanshu singh
<divyanshu.itbhu@gmail.com>wrote:

> i have one ant build file which kind of acts as a library file
>
> other build files use its ant task how can i adjust the base directory of
> library build file to automatically set path to the file which calls its
> ant
> task
>
> like if i set property of path to ./hello
>
> then for library file also the path should remain ./hello relative to the
> calling file
>



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David Weintraub
qazwart@gmail.com

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