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This looks like HelpContextID "0 " CompatibleMode "0 " MajorVer 3 MinorVer 8Parallel tasks and WindowsHi I posed this question some time ago but did not get any answers. I thought after half a year (and unfortunately no new insights) I 'd try again because this behaviour seriously prolongs our builAW: Build failing with IOException on Linux- Is the file really there? ${basedir}/../config/jibx-5min-binding.xml - Are the file and the directory readable? - Try -verbose option. Hopefully <bind > gives the output which binding file (absolutBuild failing with IOException on LinuxHi My build fails with the following error IOException in compile java.io.FileNotFoundException ../config/jibx-5min-binding.xml (No such file or directory) However when I check the actual pathWaiting for <exec > task to succeedHi I have a requirement wherein I need to make sure the process doesnt exist. So I need to do something like this - `netstat -tln | grep 8080 | cut -f1 -d '. If the return value of the above is tcpBuilding Dependent targetsEarlier I was using some other build tool to build my project. Here if a target is built and if the same target is used to build some other target it compares the timestamp and will not build the depWaiting for a server to shutdown using waitForHi all I am using the following tasks within a target that check to see if the servers are shutdown or not? <waitfor maxwait "120 " maxwaitunit "second " timeoutproperty "servers.still.running " checkbuild doesn 't complete after tomcat startsi am trying to start tomcat from ant. It does start but build never completes after tomcat is started. After i shut down tomcat remaining build begins to run(control comes back). i want tomcat runniAW: AW: Splitting a <fileset >1. Write your own task (as often ... maybe Ant 1.7.2 will contain <applyjava > ... ) -- <scriptdef > -- Java 2. Use <antcontrib for > for iterating over the files 3. 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I use the "dos2unix " command for that which I 've placed inside a shellHow to?: run a custom Java program against a <fileset >I have prepared a Java program to use regexes to swap a list of strings for others in a text file. I 'd like to create an Ant <target > that would run the program against a set of files located in a speAW: How to get the month number thro ant.<project > <tstamp > <format property "month " pattern "MM "/ > </tstamp > <echo >Month is ${month} </echo > </project > Jan >-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- >Von Satheesh [mailto satiAW: AW: SignJar doesnt workJust a note to your wording - I think you misuse the terms of "target " and "task " <target name "TARGETNAME " > <TASKNAME > </target > Just for future questions - they could be answered morHow to get the month number thro ant.Hi I need to set a property in my build.xml which has the value of the current month so that i can use that in my test cases. How can i achieve this. Am totally new to this Ant.AW: SignJar doesnt workAll core tasks are lowercase only so use <signjar > like the examples show http //ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/signjar.html Jan >-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- >Von kaprasanna [mailto prasanSignJar doesnt workHello I have written an ant target "SignJar ". when I do ant clean ant build I get no errors. But when I run the particular ant target I get this message "Could not create task or type of typesome notes on jpp taskHi i 'm interested in the jpp task. Unfortunately it 's compiled with jdk1.5 and we 're still running on 1.4 No sources available to compile it myself for 1.4 Anyone using the jpp task with 1.4 ? AnStylus Studio 2007 Release 2 Now Available[Announce] Dear ANT-USERS Stylus Studio 2007 Release 2 is now available for free trial download or online purchase. Here are some of highlights * Query Plan A new query plan utility in the XQuertools.jar not foundHi I would like to use ant to build fop but unfortunately when I try to use ant it tells me that tools.jar is not found in my jre installation. so where do I get tools.jar. thanks bryan ---------scriptdef/ant funnyHi All I 've found rather odd behaviour in the use of scriptdef and I wondered if anyone had come across it before and knew of any workaround? If in a master project I initialise a scriptdef which s
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