It's true.
My mistake.
Erik Hatcher wrote:
> Just for the record.... ANT_HOME does not need to be set, as the shell
> (or .bat) scripts set it appropriately relative to the directory where
> the wrapper shell/batch script is.
>
> Anakreon Mejdi wrote:
>
>> ANT_HOME and JAVA_HOME should also be exported.
>> In your home directory should exist a file called .bash_profile.
>> Open it with a text editor and write
>> ANT_HOME=The directory where ant is installed
>> JAVA_HOME= The directory where jdk is
>> export ANT_HOME JAVA_HOME
>> PATH=$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH
>>
>> save the file and type
>> source ~/.bash_profile
>>
>> Whenever you loggin those enviroment variables will be present
>>
>> Bob Hays, Computer Geek wrote:
>>
>>> I just looked in my 1.4.1 installation and there is indeed a script
>>> called
>>> "ant" in the bin directory. However, you do need to put that
>>> directory onto
>>> your PATH just like in Windows, just with a minor change of path
>>> separator
>>> character (on UNIXen, use colon, not semicolon).
>>>
>>> So, assuming you're using bash as your shell (most Linuxen seem to
>>> ship that
>>> way today), you should do:
>>>
>>> export PATH=${PATH}:{installation base directory}/bin
>>> cd {directory with build.xml file}
>>> ant
>>>
>>> where {installation base directory} is where you installed ant and
>>> {directory with build.xml file} is probably self-explanitory:-).
>>>
>>> If that doesn't work, please drop back which version of ant you're
>>> using and
>>> a "deep" directory listing of your installation (you can do
>>>
>>> ls -r
>>>
>>> I believe, to get a recursive listing - use
>>>
>>> man ls
>>>
>>> to get help with the directory command for linux).
>>>
>>> Hope that helps. Have fun! - Bob
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Pat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>>> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 5:13 AM
>>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Subject: Really puzzled
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>> I have successfully installed Ant on my Windows machine and used
>>>> it to rebuild
>>>> some code I have modified (the Grinder), worked great :)
>>>>
>>>> Also have now installed Ant on my new Linux (RedHat) machine,
>>>> however I am a
>>>> Linux newbie and am completely stumped as to how to use it :(
>>>> The documentation quite clearly states that after the
>>>> installation it is as
>>>> simple as typing ant (in a directory that contains a build.xml)
>>>> but there is no unix shell script by the name of ant
>>>> there is ant.bat and that works fine on the Windows machine, and
>>>> there are
>>>> perl and python scripts (runant.pl and runant.py) but as I noted the
>>>> documentation is quite explicit, "type ant", and there is no
>>>> differentiation based on OS (that I can find), I have even
>>>> downloaded an
>>>> earlier version of ant just in case the shell script had been lost
>>>> in my
>>>> first attempt.
>>>>
>>>> I am sure there is a very simple answer, but I have read the
>>>> documentation
>>>> forward, back and sideways. My apologies for asking basic linux/unix
>>>> questions on this list, but this has me really puzzled as to what
>>>> I am not
>>>> understanding.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Pat.
>>>>
>>>>
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