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Posted to user@ant.apache.org by Son of Mojo JoJo <ne...@wonderland.com> on 2001/05/10 21:52:29 UTC
Override Basedir
i'v e tried to get basedir to override it will not
can anybody help me with this?
it is very imporntant that i can set the basedir to diffrent locations for my
installer architechture
to clear the air i AM NOT setting basdir in the project variable so by the
doccumentation i should be able to override it, but i always get the [property]
Override ignored for basedir no matter what i try
any thoughts suggestions solutions?
--
-Raphael
neologic@wonderland.com
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Re: Override Basedir
Posted by Peter Donald <do...@apache.org>.
I think it also should be pointed out that practically the only way to
overide it is by specifying the property overide on commandline or in ant task
ir
ant -Dproject.basedir=/dome/dir
At 03:11 10/5/01 -0700, Diane Holt wrote:
>>>From the user manual:
>
>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.
>
>In other words, you can do one of:
> - Not include a "basedir" attribute in your <project> tag and
> define the value of "basedir" instead at run-time,
> - Include a "basedir" attribute in your <project> tag that specifies
> the value, or
> - Neither include a "basedir" attribute nor define a value for it
> at run-time and just let Ant define it to be the same directory
> the build-file lives in.
>
>However, unlike other properties that be can overridden using the
><antcall> task's <param> tag, once "basedir" is set, it can't be
>overridden except when you use the <ant> task -- and the override isn't
>done by specifying a nested <property> tag for it, but rather by
>specifying the "dir" attribute of the <ant> task.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Diane
>
>--- Son of Mojo JoJo <ne...@wonderland.com> wrote:
>> i'v e tried to get basedir to override it will not
>> can anybody help me with this?
>>
>> it is very imporntant that i can set the basedir to diffrent locations
>> for my
>> installer architechture
>>
>> to clear the air i AM NOT setting basdir in the project variable so by
>> the
>> doccumentation i should be able to override it, but i always get the
>> [property]
>> Override ignored for basedir no matter what i try
>>
>> any thoughts suggestions solutions?
>>
>> --
>> -Raphael
>> neologic@wonderland.com
>> ******************
>> ook ook im a monkeeeey wheeeeeeee!
>> ********************
>>
>>
>
>
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Re: Override Basedir
Posted by Diane Holt <ho...@yahoo.com>.
>From the user manual:
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.
In other words, you can do one of:
- Not include a "basedir" attribute in your <project> tag and
define the value of "basedir" instead at run-time,
- Include a "basedir" attribute in your <project> tag that specifies
the value, or
- Neither include a "basedir" attribute nor define a value for it
at run-time and just let Ant define it to be the same directory
the build-file lives in.
However, unlike other properties that be can overridden using the
<antcall> task's <param> tag, once "basedir" is set, it can't be
overridden except when you use the <ant> task -- and the override isn't
done by specifying a nested <property> tag for it, but rather by
specifying the "dir" attribute of the <ant> task.
Hope this helps,
Diane
--- Son of Mojo JoJo <ne...@wonderland.com> wrote:
> i'v e tried to get basedir to override it will not
> can anybody help me with this?
>
> it is very imporntant that i can set the basedir to diffrent locations
> for my
> installer architechture
>
> to clear the air i AM NOT setting basdir in the project variable so by
> the
> doccumentation i should be able to override it, but i always get the
> [property]
> Override ignored for basedir no matter what i try
>
> any thoughts suggestions solutions?
>
> --
> -Raphael
> neologic@wonderland.com
> ******************
> ook ook im a monkeeeey wheeeeeeee!
> ********************
>
>
=====
(holtdl@yahoo.com)
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