hi, you should use the inheritrefs-attribute in the ant-command. regards <target name="foo"> <ant antfile="bar.xml" target="print-foo.cp" inheritrefs="true"/> </target>
-----Original Message----- From: Nau, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Referencing a path id in another build file Is there a way to reference a path id setup in foo.xml in bar.xml? For example: foo.xml ============================================= <project name="foo" default="" basedir="."> <path id="foo.cp"> <pathelement location="${lib.dir}/j2ee.jar"/> <pathelement location="${lib.dir}/junit.jar"/> </path> <target name="foo"> <ant antfile="bar.xml" target="print-foo.cp"/> </target> </project> ============================================= bar.xml ============================================= <project name="bar" default="" basedir="."> <target name="print-foo.cp"> <pathconvert property="formatted-path" pathsep="${line.separator} " refid="foo.cp"/> <echo message="path = ${formatted-path}"/> </target> </project> ============================================= output ============================================= D:\Temp>ant -f foo.xml foo Buildfile: foo.xml foo: print-foo.cp: BUILD FAILED file:D:/Temp/bar.xml:3: Reference foo.cp not found. Total time: 1 second ============================================= -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>