Running Ant
Running Ant from the command-line is simple:
%ant [options] [target [target2 [target3] ...]]
Command-Line Options
options are one or more of the command-line options that begin
with a hyphen, listed in Table
1-14; target,
target2, etc., are the specific targets you
want to run in the event you don't want to defer to the project element's default target.
Tip
Entering ant -help on
the command line generates a list of command-line options.
Table 1-14. Ant command-line options
Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Runs the build file specified by
|
-D | Sets a property called
|
-debug, -d | Prints debugging information. |
-diagnostics | Prints diagnostics about Ant. |
-emacs, -e | Creates plain, emacs-friendly logging information. |
- | Searches for the build file (named
|
-help, -h | Prints help information. |
-inputhandler | Specifies the class that will handle user text input. |
-keep-going, -k | Continues to execute targets even if prior targets fail. Only targets that do not depend on failed targets are attempted. |
| Uses |
-lib | Specifies the classpath on which to search for JARs and library classes. |
-listener | Adds an instance of
|
-logger | Specifies the class to ... |