Yep, thanks that's all I needed.
It makes perfect sense that <depend> behaves like <javac>,
maybe the documentation of <depend> should mention that.
thanks again,
Cheers
Justinus
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Conor MacNeill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 6:55 AM
>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Subject: Re: does depend work and if how?
>>>
>>>
>>> Justinus,
>>>
>>> <depend> should be given attributes with the same values as
>>> <javac> since
>>> it uses the same conventions for relating source files to class
>>> files. Thus
>>> in your example, Change your depend task to
>>>
>>> <depend srcdir="."
>>> destdir="${build_dir}
>>> closure="yes"
>>> includes="${subtree}/**/*.java"
>>>
>>> />
>>>
>>> Note that this will, potentially, delete class files outside
>>> the ${subtree}
>>> directory if they depend on files within the ${subtree} area and those
>>> files are out of date.
>>>
>>> Conor
>>>
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