Sending options to ANT task? Specifically the -q option to make it quiet

[ji...@svensktnaringsliv.se]

Hi all,

I have a build file that in turn calls another build file, using the ANT task (http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/ant.html). However, I want to make that second build file run in "quiet mode", ie just as if I had triggered it from a command line with the "-q" option. How can I do that using the ANT task? I fail to find any documentation on how to send options like this with the ANT task.

I have tried various things using the property tag, with no success, like this:


<ant dir="${otherBuildFolderPath}" inheritAll="false">
                      <target name="clean" />
<target name="ear" />
<property name="-q" value="" />
<property name="" value="-q" />
<property name="quiet" value="true" />
</ant>

I also tried this, but it resulted in an error:

<ant dir="${otherBuildFolderPath}" inheritAll="false">
                      <target name="clean" />
<target name="ear" />
<arg value="-q"/>
</ant>


Any help is appreciated.

Regards
/Jimi

AW: Sending options to ANT task? Specifically the -q option to make it quiet

["Jan Matèrne (jhm)" <ap...@materne.de>]

You cannot reconfigure the logger Ant uses.
You have to start a complete new Ant instance.

Jan

sample:

<project default="test">

    <target name="print">
        <echo level="info"  message="1-info"/>
        <echo level="error" message="2-error"/>
        <echo level="info"  message="3-info"/>
    </target>
    
    
    <target name="test">
        <echo level="info" >Call via 'ant'</echo>
        <ant target="print"/>
        <echo level="info" >Call via 'java'</echo>
        <ant2 antfile="./build.xml" target="print">
            <arg value="-q"/>
        </ant2>
    </target>
    
    <macrodef name="ant2">
        <attribute name="antfile"/>
        <attribute name="target"/>
        <element name="ant2-args" implicit="yes"/>
        <sequential>
            <java classname="org.apache.tools.ant.Main">
                <arg value="@{target}"/>
                <ant2-args/>
            </java>
        </sequential>
    </macrodef>
    
</project>

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: jimi.hullegard@svensktnaringsliv.se
> [mailto:jimi.hullegard@svensktnaringsliv.se]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. Juli 2013 09:48
> An: user@ant.apache.org
> Betreff: Sending options to ANT task? Specifically the -q option to
> make it quiet
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a build file that in turn calls another build file, using the
> ANT task (http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/ant.html). However, I want
> to make that second build file run in "quiet mode", ie just as if I had
> triggered it from a command line with the "-q" option. How can I do
> that using the ANT task? I fail to find any documentation on how to
> send options like this with the ANT task.
> 
> I have tried various things using the property tag, with no success,
> like this:
> 
> 
> <ant dir="${otherBuildFolderPath}" inheritAll="false">
>                       <target name="clean" /> <target name="ear" />
> <property name="-q" value="" /> <property name="" value="-q" />
> <property name="quiet" value="true" /> </ant>
> 
> I also tried this, but it resulted in an error:
> 
> <ant dir="${otherBuildFolderPath}" inheritAll="false">
>                       <target name="clean" /> <target name="ear" />
> <arg value="-q"/> </ant>
> 
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Regards
> /Jimi


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