include ?

[Terry Braun <ta...@talking.talking.com>]

I want to use ant to build a complex package that I can 
build at either the root level or at a lower level. So
I have a build.xml at the top and a build.xml in the
subdirectory as well. My problem is that I end up duplicating
properties in every subproject. It would be nice if I could
"include" some file that had properties. Is this possible?
Thanks
Terry

Re: include ?

[Stefano Mazzocchi <st...@apache.org>]

Terry Braun wrote:
> 
> I want to use ant to build a complex package that I can
> build at either the root level or at a lower level. So
> I have a build.xml at the top and a build.xml in the
> subdirectory as well. My problem is that I end up duplicating
> properties in every subproject. It would be nice if I could
> "include" some file that had properties. Is this possible?
> Thanks
> Terry

Sure. Use XML external entities or use a property file for the
<properties> task (read the doc to find out how, I don't remember the
syntax).

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Stefano Mazzocchi      One must still have chaos in oneself to be
                          able to give birth to a dancing star.
<st...@apache.org>                             Friedrich Nietzsche
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