Not quite sure what you mean by "del with type="dir"", or "Ant option which removes directories",
but Ant <delete> task will do just what you describe: <-- pasted from Ant documentation: <delete dir="lib"/> deletes the lib directory, including all files and subdirectories of lib. --> ~Alexei > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 5:11 PM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: How to break up file-build.xml and execute them > together as > optional > > > I have noted that del with type="dir" does not remove directories. > Does Ant have an option which removes directories that is > > Kills the specified directory > Kills All of the files under specified directory > Kills all of the subdirectories located under specified directory. > > many Thanks, > Martin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ravi appala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Ant Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 10:54 PM > Subject: RE: How to break up file-build.xml and execute them > together as > optional > > > > I have seen a build processs used in petstore > > example,could not understand.You may easily understood > > and help me in this regard. > > > > Qtn1. see below example. What is %1,2,3,4? what it is > > invoking? > > > > @echo off > > set ANT_HOME=../lib/ant > > set ANT_CLASSPATH=%JAVA_HOME%/lib/tools.jar > > set > > > ANT_CLASSPATH=%ANT_HOME%/lib/ant.jar;%ANT_HOME%/lib/xml.jar;%A > NT_CLASSPATH% > > set > > ANT_CLASSPATH=%J2EE_HOME%/lib/j2ee.jar;%ANT_CLASSPATH% > > %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -classpath "%ANT_CLASSPATH%" > > -Dant.home=%ANT_HOME% -Dj2ee.home=%J2EE_HOME% > > org.apache.tools.ant.Main %1 %2 %3 %4 > > > > Qtn2. > > How do we invoke targets if the build.xml has more > > than one Target with default as "core"? for example > > <target name="core" depends="compile_util_classes, > > compile_classes, customerejbjar" /> > > <target name="all" depends="compile_util_classes, > > compile_classes, customerejbjar, javadocs" /> > > <target name="clientjar" dpends= "compile, > > compile_classes"/> > > > > Qtn3. if we make ant call, does it expand the > > build.xml file with including other files or does it > > execute each ant file for each ant file? for example > > <target name="core" depends="init"> > > <ant antfile="${tracer.home}/src/build.xml" > > dir="${tracer.home}/src" target="core" /> > > <ant antfile="${customer.home}/src/build.xml" > > dir="${customer.home}/src" target="core" /> > > <ant antfile="${personalization.home}/src/build.xml" > > dir="${personalization.home}/src" target="core" /> > > <ant antfile="${inventory.home}/src/build.xml" > > dir="${inventory.home}/src" target="core" /> > > <ant antfile="${signon.home}/src/build.xml" > > dir="${signon.home}/src" target="core"/> > > <ant antfile="${shoppingcart.home}/src/build.xml" > > dir="${shoppingcart.home}/src" target="core" /> > > <ant antfile="${mail.home}/src/build.xml" > > dir="${mail.home}/src" target="core" /> > > </target> > > > > Qtn4. How to enable the properties using ant in your > > solution > > > > I am sorry if I am asking more questions,but it is > > kind of bothering me and I am not > > understanding,thought you would help me. > > > > Thanks, > > ravi > > --- Alexei Betin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > in my approach I use 2 kinds of "global" files: > > > > > > one category is for shared properties and targets, > > > these files contain the real smarts of your build, > > > - such files are included by individual project > > > build.xml files using normal XML ENTITY include, > > > so the build.xml's are dumb - just a bunch of > > > <property> sets & includes, > > > > > > then there are global "drivers" - buildfiles > > > which are used to invoke a series of individual > > > build.xml's, > > > these usually also dumb - just a bunch of <ant> > > > calls > > > > > > dynamically chosing what to run is done > > > with setting (or not) a property and then > > > putting a condition on a target ( > > > <target name="dowork" if="dowork.enabled" ... /> ) > > > > > > hope it helps, > > > ~Alexei > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: ravi appala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:30 PM > > > > To: Ant Users List > > > > Subject: How to break up file-build.xml and > > > execute them together as > > > > optional > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to know the way to compile pieces > > > with > > > > individual (pices of)build.xml and also all of > > > them > > > > together with option by selecting them > > > dynamically. > > > > > > > > I am using Ant to build and deploy for our > > > system.We > > > > are expanding our Web App Server to run with 20 > > > java > > > > applications. > > > > I would like to create a build.xml for each > > > > application and one global.xml with choosing each > > > > build.xml of each application as demand and run > > > it.How > > > > could I do this? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > ravi > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > Thanks, > > > > RAVI KUMAR APPALA > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! 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