I think thats not the page which is read so often :-)
BTW if you need the working directory inside ant this could be helpful:
@echo off
ant -buildfile c:\bin\antutil.xml %* -DcurDir=%CD%
I use that startup script for some nice basic features where I need the
current
directory. In the buildscript I use then ${curDir} ...
Jan
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> Thanks; don't know how I missed that in the docs.
>
> Regards,
> Nick G
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> Thats usual behaviour.
>
> See manual "Using Ant":
> Projects
> --------
> A project has three attributes:
> - basedir: the base directory from which all path
> calculations are done.
> This attribute
> might be overridden by setting the "basedir" property
> beforehand. When
> this is done,
> it must be omitted in the project tag. If neither the
> attribute nor
> the
> property have
> been set, the parent directory of the buildfile will be used.
>
>
> Jan
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> > Gesendet am: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2004 18:53
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> > Betreff: Current dir w/ remote config file
> >
> > It seems ant treats the config file's location as the working
> > directory,
> > not where it's executed from.
> >
> > For instance, let's say my pwd is /home/nick and I run:
> >
> > /home/nick > ant -f /tmp/props.xml
> >
> > then all file references in /tmp/props.xml are relative to
> /tmp, not
> > /home/nick. Is there a way to retain the working dir as
> that which I
> > execute ant from?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Nick G.
> >
> >
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