I finally bit the bullet and I'm switching from make
to ant for my Java projects. And I've pretty much
got everything figured out, BUT this one item:
How to I get file name expansion for tasks which use
the <arg> element to define command line arguments?
Specifically I'd like to run a Java application for
on all files with a certain extension.
In shell-eez: java myClass *.pat
In ant's build.xml:
<java classname="myClass" classpath="mystuff.jar" >
<arg value="x.pat" />
<arg value="y.pat" />
<arg value="z.pat" />
</java>
If I use "*.pat" for the value, line, or file attributes
of the arg element - I don't get file expansion.
And - the arg element doesn't allow sub-ordinate fileset
elements. Nor does it support the "includes" attribute.
Either I'm missing something - or - I can't be the only
person who wants to run java applications in their ant
build files. I suppose I could make my applications valid
ant target elements, but this seems excessive.
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Don Ledford
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