Reading values from property file through NANT

Question

How can I read a value alone from the property file. For example, how can I read the values of build.home or temp.dir from the below example.

contents of env.properties

build.home=c:\build 
temp.dir=c:\temp

Regards

Sarathy

Answer 1

We do this in a slightly different format for Nant.

In your build file:

<include buildfile="./env.properties" failonerror="true"/>

env.properties:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<project>
   <property name="build.home" value="c:/build"/>
   <property name="temp.dir" value="c:/temp"/>
</project>