Linked folder not resolved by Ant in eclipse

Question

Hello SO guys,

In my build.xml, below works fine :-

<path id="build.classpath">
        <fileset dir="lib [myUtils]" includes="*.jar" />
</path>

if lib [myUtils] is of folder type, but don't works, if it's of Linked Folder type.

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Also, I found this when googled :-

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=265960

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=43081

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=265960

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Is there any trick to achieve this, without copying the dependencies in work folder??

Answer 1

Note that ant should work outside of eclipse as well. So you can't reply in IDE abstractions. You can use symbolic links (if your OS supports them).

If not, you can use the FileSync plugin to synchronize eclipse project folders with external folders. Or you can simply use the <copy> ant task.