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Ant can read command line arguments easily to pass data to its tasks.
Commnd Line Arguments Options
ant [options] [target [target2 [target3] ...]] Options: -help, -h print this message and exit -projecthelp, -p print project help information and exit -version print the version information and exit -diagnostics print information that might be helpful to diagnose or report problems and exit -quiet, -q be extra quiet -silent, -S print nothing but task outputs and build failures -verbose, -v be extra verbose -debug, -d print debugging information -emacs, -e produce logging information without adornments -lib <path> specifies a path to search for jars and classes -logfile <file> use given file for log -l <file> '''' -logger <classname> the class which is to perform logging -listener <classname> add an instance of class as a project listener -noinput do not allow interactive input -buildfile <file> use given buildfile -file <file> '''' -f <file> '''' -D <property>=<value> use value for given property -keep-going, -k execute all targets that do not depend on failed target(s) -propertyfile <name> load all properties from file with -D properties taking precedence -inputhandler <class> the class which will handle input requests -find <file> (s)earch for buildfile towards the root of -s <file> the filesystem and use it -nice number A niceness value for the main thread:1 (lowest) to 10 (highest); 5 is the default -nouserlib Run ant without using the jar files from ${user.home}/.ant/lib -noclasspath Run ant without using CLASSPATH -autoproxy Java 5+ : use the OS proxies -main <class> override Ant''s normal entry point
We”ll be using -Dproperty to pass varibles to the build task.
Example
Create a src folder with text1.txt file with following contents −
This is a sample text written in 2021.
Create build.xml with the following content −
<?xml version="1.0"?> <project name="sample" basedir="." default="copy"> <target name="copy"> <copy todir="${dest.dir}" filtering="true"> <fileset dir="${src.dir}"/> </copy> </target> </project>
Output
Here we”re using src.dir and dest.dir properties without defining them. We”ll pass them using command line arguments. Running Ant on the above build file produces the following output −
F:tutorialspointant>ant -Dsrc.dir=src -Ddest.dir=build Buildfile: F:tutorialspointantbuild.xml copy: [copy] Copying 1 file to F:tutorialspointantbuild BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 0 seconds F:tutorialspointant>
Verify the content of copied file to build folder.
This is a sample text written in 2021.
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