This is a known problem with the copy task. Your thinking is correct,
the two "bad" targets *should* have failed.
--- "Michael Weir (Transform Research)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm new to Ant and am apparently unclear about a few things (only a
> few...).
>
> If I have a build.xml file that looks like this:
>
> <project name="XXX" default="buildAndTest" basedir=".">
> <target name="buildAndTest"
> depends="badTarget1, badTarget2"
> >
> <echo>
> Build and Test is running...
> </echo>
> </target>
>
> <target name="badTarget1">
> <copy file="X:\badfile.txt" tofile="X:\badfile2.txt" />
> </target>
>
> <target name="badTarget2">
> <copy file="X:\badfile.txt" tofile="X:\badfile2.txt" />
> </target>
> </project>
>
> I.e. the main target depends on two 'bad' targets.
>
> I expected that the bad file copies would fail, and that the only
> target to
> execute would be badTarget. Instead I get this:
>
> Ant version 1.3 compiled on March 2 2001
>
> Buildfile: build.xml
> Detected Java Version: 1.3
> Detected OS: Windows 2000
> parsing buildfile P:\CM_1_0\build.xml with URI =
> file:P:/CM_1_0/build.xml
> Project base dir set to: P:\CM_1_0
> Build sequence for target `buildAndTest' is [badTarget1, badTarget2,
> buildAndTest]
> Complete build sequence is [badTarget1, badTarget2, buildAndTest]
>
> badTarget1:
> [copy] Could not find file X:\badfile.txt to copy.
>
> badTarget2:
> [copy] Could not find file X:\badfile.txt to copy.
>
> buildAndTest:
> [echo]
> Build and Test is running...
>
>
> BUILD SUCCESSFUL
>
> Total time: 1 second
>
> I assume that there's a way to tell when a target has failed, and to
> cause
> the parent target to fail as well, I just can't seem to see how.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Michael Weir
>
=====
Don
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