ant

NAME

ant − a Java based make tool.

SYNOPSIS

ant [OPTIONS] [TARGET [TARGET2 [TARGET3] ...]]

DESCRIPTION

Like make ant is a tool by which projects can be build. But unlike it, ant is based on Java which means it will run on every platform for which a Java Virtual Machine is available. This makes it a great tool for building Java software.

By default it takes information from build.xml which describes the targets.
−help, −h

print help on the command line options

−projecthelp, −p

print project help information

−version

print the version information

−diagnostics

print information that might be helpful to diagnose or report problems

−quiet, −q

be extra quiet

−silent, −S

print nothing but task outputs and build failures

−verbose, −v

be extra verbose

−debug, −d

print debugging information

−emacs, −e

produce logging information without adornments

−lib <path>

specifies a path to search for jars and classes

−logfile <file>

use the given file to output log to

−logger <classname>

use the given class to perform logging

−listener <classname>

add an instance of the given class as a project listener

−noinput

do not allow interactive input

−buildfile, −file, −f <file>

use the given buildfile instead of the default build.xml file. This is the ant equivalent of Makefile

−D<property>=<value>

use value for the given property

−keep-going, −k

execute all targets that do not depend on failed target(s)

−propertyfile <name>

load all properties from file with −D properties taking precedence

−inputhandler <class>

the class which will handle input requests

−find, −s <file>

search for buildfile towards the root of the filesystem and use it

−nice <number>

A niceness value for the main thread: 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest); 5 is the default

−nouserlib

Run ant without using the jar files from ${user.home}/.ant/lib

−noclasspath

Run ant without using CLASSPATH

−autoproxy

Java 5 or later : use the OS proxy settings

−main <class>

Override Ant’s normal entry point

SEE ALSO

make(1) mvn(1)

AUTHOR

This manpage is written by Egon Willighagen <egonw AT sci DOT kun DOT nl>