Oops.... I stand corrected. Thanks Diane. Thats what I get for posting
without trying it first.
I never really use the multiple target command-line feature, and spoke out
of line Sorry for the confusion.
Erik
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: Scope of a property
> --- Erik Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > For example,
> > >
> > > <target name="myInit">
> > > <property name="Me" value="IsMe"/>
> > > </target>
> > >
> > > <target name="showMe">
> > > <echo message="${Me}"/>
> > > </target>
> > >
> > > the above echo will not display any.
> > >
> >
> > These two targets are never executed at the same time. You'd run these
> > by doing one of:
> >
> > ant myInit showMe
> >
> > -or-
> >
> > ant myInit
> > ant showMe
> >
> > Both are essentially equivalent and each invocation starts fresh with
> > properties.
>
> Huh? There's a big difference between the first and the second -- the
> first will result in running the "myInit" target and the "showMe" target
> within the same execution of 'ant', so the <echo> of the "Me" property
> will have a value for the property. The second will run the "myInit"
> target within one execution of 'ant', then the "showMe" target within
> another execution of 'ant', so the <echo> of the "Me" property will not
> have a value.
>
> Diane
>
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