Daniel Barclay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are the various tasks in Ant compatible with using absolute file
> pathnames?
Yes, in theory. What doesn't work very well is collecting files with
and absolute path into a fileset on systems that don't have a single
rooted file system.
On Unix
> <lib dir="."
> <include name="${module1.jarName}" />
> </lib>
works for absolute paths as well, if you set dir to "/" - at least I
think it does. We need to find a workaround for Windows, OS/2 and
probably others (VMS), but it is not there ATM.
> Or do you have to define more properties (to split some parent or
> ancestor directory name from the remainder of the pathname of a
> file)?
Until there is a better solution, yes.
Stefan
