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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:30:15 +0200
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Subject: Re: basedir setting not working?
From: Michael Niemand <michael.niemand@gmail.com>
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Ok, nevermind, I've found the problem.

In the ant script I call the other ant script, I set the "dir" property to
location A, so the basedir is taken from there ...


On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Michael Niemand
<michael.niemand@gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks Jan,
>
> I check out the project to 2 different locations. Hence the build file
> resides in 2 different locations. yet, the basedir is the same in both
> locations. This results in a failed build in one location.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Jan Mat=E8rne (jhm) <apache@materne.de>w=
rote:
>
>> The "." in the basedir attribute is relative to the buildfile itself, no=
t
>> the current directory.
>> You could access that via ${user.dir} :
>>
>> <project basedir=3D".">
>>     <echo>BaseDir: ${basedir}</echo>
>>     <echo>UserDir: ${user.dir}</echo>
>> </project>
>>
>> You can't set that value as basedir because at the time when basedir is
>> set,
>> the system properties aren't populates as Ant properties.
>> (Also I would not do that because can't be sure from where a user is
>> calling
>> the buildfile with strange site effects ... think of a "ant clean" in yo=
ur
>> home dir?)
>>
>>
>> Jan
>>
>> > -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
>> > Von: Michael Niemand [mailto:michael.niemand@gmail.com]
>> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. April 2013 16:12
>> > An: user@ant.apache.org
>> > Betreff: basedir setting not working?
>> >
>> > Hi folks,
>> >
>> > my basedir setting doesnt seem to work.
>> >
>> > I have the same project I check out to two different locations.
>> >
>> > in the second project the basedir setting doesnt seem to work.
>> >
>> > Here's what I do:
>> >
>> > <!-- <project name=3D"ClientKapselTest" default=3D"targets" basedir=3D=
"./">
>> > also tried that --> <project name=3D"ClientKapselTest" default=3D"targ=
ets"
>> > >
>> >
>> > <!-- =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Init=
ialization properties
>> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>> > -->
>> > <echo message=3D"*** what's considered basedir before setting it:
>> > ${basedir}"
>> > />
>> > <property name=3D"basedir" value=3D"."/>
>> > <echo message=3D"*** what's considered basedir after setting it:
>> > ${basedir}"
>> > />
>> >
>> > </project>
>> >
>> > The result is always:
>> >
>> >      [echo] *** what's considered basedir before setting it:
>> > M:\path\to\A
>> >      [echo] *** what's considered basedir after setting it:
>> > M:\path\to\A
>> >
>> >
>> > even though I execute the ant-skript in M:\path\to\B
>> >
>> >
>> > I thought basedir is always the path where the build.xml itself
>> > resides?
>>
>>
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