I think it also should be pointed out that practically the only way to
overide it is by specifying the property overide on commandline or in ant task
ir
ant -Dproject.basedir=/dome/dir
At 03:11 10/5/01 -0700, Diane Holt wrote:
>>From the user manual:
>
>basedir:
> The base directory from which all path calculations are done.
> This attribute might be overridden by setting the "basedir" property
> beforehand. When this is done, it must be omitted in the project tag.
> If neither the attribute nor the property have been set, the parent
> directory of the buildfile will be used.
>
>In other words, you can do one of:
> - Not include a "basedir" attribute in your <project> tag and
> define the value of "basedir" instead at run-time,
> - Include a "basedir" attribute in your <project> tag that specifies
> the value, or
> - Neither include a "basedir" attribute nor define a value for it
> at run-time and just let Ant define it to be the same directory
> the build-file lives in.
>
>However, unlike other properties that be can overridden using the
><antcall> task's <param> tag, once "basedir" is set, it can't be
>overridden except when you use the <ant> task -- and the override isn't
>done by specifying a nested <property> tag for it, but rather by
>specifying the "dir" attribute of the <ant> task.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Diane
>
>--- Son of Mojo JoJo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> i'v e tried to get basedir to override it will not
>> can anybody help me with this?
>>
>> it is very imporntant that i can set the basedir to diffrent locations
>> for my
>> installer architechture
>>
>> to clear the air i AM NOT setting basdir in the project variable so by
>> the
>> doccumentation i should be able to override it, but i always get the
>> [property]
>> Override ignored for basedir no matter what i try
>>
>> any thoughts suggestions solutions?
>>
>> --
>> -Raphael
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>> ook ook im a monkeeeey wheeeeeeee!
>> ********************
>>
>>
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