'.' in Ant is the dir where the build.xml is.
I tried "ant -find" from deep inside a project structure and "ant -f ..." from
outside and both resolve <project basedir="."/> to the same path.


Jan

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Daniel Becroft [mailto:djcbecroft@(protected)]
> Gesendet: Montag, 12. April 2010 00:07
> An: Ant Users List
> Betreff: Re: `ant -find build.xml` and compile/recompile
>
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Tim Visher
> <tim.visher@(protected):
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > With `basedir="."`, how is `ant -find` supposed to work?
> With it set
> > to `/absolute/path/to/build.xml`, how is the build script
> supposed to
> > be box independent?
> >
> > We use ant to build our system and I would like to be able
> to use `ant
> > -find` to allow myself (and Emacs) to build the system from any
> > subdirectory. Currently, we build from the command line and always
> > need to be in the directory that houses build.xml. The
> reason is that
> > we have relative paths littered all over the build script
> in order to
> > package things up and move them around. I can't figure out
> how to get
> > around this. It also leads me to wonder why `-find` is
> even available
> > if the only way it can be used is if all of your paths are absolute
> > (which is not on anyone's best practices list).
> >
>
> We don't use 'ant -find' for our builds, but we do have
> pseudo-relative
> paths throughout our build script. We achieved this by
> putting the build.xml
> file at the root of the folder structure, and then using the
> following:
>
> <dirname property="base.dir" file="${ant.file}" />
>
> This sets the base.dir property to the directory containing
> the build.xml
> file (or whatever build file is used). All of our paths are
> then specified
> as "${base.dir}/foo", and "${base.dir}/foo/bar". I'm not sure
> if this would
> still work using the "ant -find" command. (I'm not at work
> atm, but will
> check when I get in).
>
> I'm cross posting this between Emacs and Ant. In your reply please
> > attach to both as I couldn't find a relevant thread in
> either list via
> > the archives. Of course, that could have been my fault, in
> which case
> > it'd be awesome to cross post with a link to the solution. :)
> >
> >
> Sorry, I believe it's base practice to cross-post between
> mailing lists.
> Besides, this is an Apache Ant question, not an Emacs question.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel B.
>

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