Hello,
I have read in the ant documentation that build files have access
to environment variables, but I am unable to get this to work. In my
.bashrc, I have:
WEBAPP=/usr/local/resin-1.2.7/webapps
export WEBAPP
and when I type "env" I see that this has been set. In my build.xml, I
have the following two lines:
<property name="webapp.home" value="${WEBAPP}"/>
<property name="deploy.home" value="${webapp.home}/test"/>
I then use "deploy.home" to copy files etc. But when I build, I get the
following:
[copy] Copying 11 files to /home/bclinton/work/test/${WEBAPP}/test/WEB-INF
It is creating a directory in my basedir called ${WEBAPP} and copying
files there. Not exactly what I had in mind. If I set "webapp.home" to
an absolute path, it works fine. But I would like it so that the same
buildfile can be used by multiple developers, who would specify
differences with environmental variables.
Can someone please point out what I am doing wrong here? Or if this is
a known problem?
One more question: I would have liked to research this question some
more before asking: is there an archive of the ant-user list? I
couldn't find one, and I have only been subscribed for around three weeks.
Thanks,
Bill
