I believe anything you specify with the -D flag gets converted to a property.
Example: ant -Djumbo=shrimp deployTarget will set a property with name "jumbo" and value "shrimp". You could then use that value somewhere in your build for the target directory. K.C. At 11:35 AM 1/30/02, you wrote: >Guys, > >Is there any way I can pass command-line arguments to ant. > >Let me explain my problem: > >My directory structure is > > > |---Dir_1 > | >Base_Dir-----|---Dir_2 > | > |---Dir_3 > > >I have my build.xml in the Base_Dir from where i wud be running ant. > >Now I wish to do something like > >ant deploy Dir_1 > >ant deploy Dir_2 > >which means i wud like to specify the directory as a command-line argument. > >Is this possible. Can someone give me examples. > >Pravin > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>