http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1744
*** shadow/1744 Mon May 14 10:43:00 2001 --- shadow/1744.tmp.15846 Mon May 14 10:43:01 2001 *************** *** 0 **** --- 1,34 ---- + +============================================================================+ + | apply task's "dest" directory unclear | + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Bug #: 1744 Product: Ant | + | Status: NEW Version: 1.3 | + | Resolution: Platform: PC | + | Severity: Normal OS/Version: | + | Priority: Component: Documentation | + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Assigned To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | + | Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | + | CC list: Cc: | + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | URL: http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/manual/CoreTasks/apply.html | + +============================================================================+ + | DESCRIPTION | + In the documentation for the "apply" task, the description of the "dest" + attribute says: + + the directory where the target files will be placed. + + This is not as clear as it seems. + + Ant and the apply task obviously can't know what command option (if any) + to give to specify where the output goes for any arbitrary system command. + + So what does the "dest" option do? + + I would guess that it sets the current directory for the command. If so, + then the documentation should say that (e.g., with the wording of exec's + dir attribute: "the directory in which the command should be executed." ). + + (If that is the case, then shouldn't the name of the attribute be changed + to "dir", to match <exec dir="...">, <ant dir="...">, etc.?
