Author: maartenc
Date: Wed Jan 9 13:41:50 2008
New Revision: 610580
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=610580&view=rev
Log:
NEW: Add support for importing environment variables (IVY-608)
Modified:
ant/ivy/core/trunk/doc/configuration/properties.html
Modified: ant/ivy/core/trunk/doc/configuration/properties.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/ivy/core/trunk/doc/configuration/properties.html?rev=610580&r1=610579&r2=610580&view=diff
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--- ant/ivy/core/trunk/doc/configuration/properties.html (original)
+++ ant/ivy/core/trunk/doc/configuration/properties.html Wed Jan 9 13:41:50
2008
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
<b>Tag:</b> properties<br/>
<br/>
Loads a properties file into ivy variables. See variables chapter above for
details about ivy variables.
+
+<span class="since">Since 2.0</span>: it is possible to access environment
variables. This can be done by specifying the environment attribute. This
attribute specifies the prefix which can be used to access these environment
variables. For instance, if you specify environment="env", you can access the
PATH environment variable with the env.PATH property name.
+
<h1>Attributes</h1>
<table class="ivy-attributes">
<thead>
@@ -35,8 +38,9 @@
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>file</td><td>a path to a properties file to load</td>
- <td>Yes</td></tr>
- <tr><td>override</td><td>indicates if the variable found in the properties
file should override their previous value, if any <span class="since">since
1.3</span></td>
+ <td rowspan="2">One of these</td></tr>
+ <tr><td>environment</td><td>the prefix to use when retrieving environment
variables <span class="since">(since 2.0)</span></td>
+ <tr><td>override</td><td>indicates if the variable found in the properties
file should override their previous value, if any <span class="since">(since
1.3)</span></td>
<td>No, defaults to true</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
