On Monday 18 March 2002 19:11 pm, you wrote: > I am converting some old makefile-based builds to ant and I have a couple > of design questions... here's the first
you and i have had the same task, so i'm sure we've made some of the same "mistakes"... > Best to explain by example. I have a root directory, underneath which are > two subdirs, one for java and one for native code. I have 3 separate > build.xml files, one in each directory. The way I have written it now, the > root-level build.xml sets some environment variables that the subdir > build.xml's use (e.g. destination directory). what i've done in this case is set up a separate build.properties, and include that from build.xml: <property file="build.properties"/> > I figure this is good because > these are defined in only one place. But it's bad because the two > build.xml's in the subdirectories are not standalone - they have to be run > through the main build.xml else there are undefined variables. > So the question is, is there a smarter way to do this? you can include the property file via: <property file="../build.properties"/> ----- stephan Generic Universal Computer Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.einsurance.de Office: +49 (89) �552 92 862 Handy: �+49 (179) 211 97 67 "I ain't gen'rally given to physicality of that nature but it saves a lot of arguing." -- Nanny Ogg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
