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How to get the target as a variable in ant

Answer 1

A:

Not sure I understand your question, but "buildme" is the target to execute, not a property.

ant [options] [target [target2 [target3] ...]]

You "pick it" by creating the corresponding target:

<target name="buildme">
  <!-- tasks that will execute here -->
</target>

As for the foo property, you "pick it" by using ${foo}.

Miguel Fonseca 2010-10-13 12:27:11

Hi Miguel, basically, I want to be able to retrieve the target parameters in my build script. I would expect something like ${target} to work, but unfortunately not.

Steve Griff 2010-10-13 12:28:58

Oh... There's an old thread in ant says you can't do it =S http://markmail.org/message/rjgp2gm54kxnnqih

Miguel Fonseca 2010-10-13 12:44:14

Thanks for the link Miguel, it looks like it's not possible. I only wanted the target parameter for a very minor reason. No problem. Thanks for your time. Steve.

Steve Griff 2010-10-13 12:48:18

As a last resource you can always set a property inside each target with it's name =D

Miguel Fonseca 2010-10-13 12:51:00

Answer 2

A:

The list of targets invoked is available in the property

ant.project.invoked-targets

If there is a default target specified, then that will be the invoked target. If one or more targets are specified on the command line, these appear comma-separated in the property. Note that the property only becomes set once execution passes to a target - if you try to read the property outside of any target, it will be unset.

So, if the project has a default target 'zero':

$ ant one two
# ant.project.invoked-targets is set to:
one,two

and

$ ant
# ant.project.invoked-targets is set to (default):
zero

martin clayton 2010-10-21 00:03:27

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