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ant(1)			    General Commands Manual			ant(1)

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 tar-
       gets.

       -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	prece-
	      dence

       -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	(high-
	      est); 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@sci.kun.nl>

Debian GNU/Linux		   Feb 2010				ant(1)

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