To reply to my own message (again)...which probably also resolves my other issue regarding the include task.
It seems the include task is relative to basedir. If you don't specify the basedir property the default is to use the directory of the current build file (thanks to the nant-users archive). Removing the basedir property fixed the include task problem and set the current directory correctly for the called build file. Darren -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Darren Syzling Sent: 23 December 2002 23:19 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Nant-users] nant task and basedir property I'm not sure I understand the relationship between the nant task and the basedir property of the called build file. If a top level build file calls a lower level build file using the nant task and the called build file basedir is '.' any operations will be performed in the current directory where Nant was invoked. Let's say I have a top level build file: Mytoplevel.build And a directory called utils/zip under this hierarchy Within utils/zip is a separate component build file called zip.build The sub component wants to create build directories for targets obviously within the utils/zip directory. If I invoke NAnt using mytoplevel.build which then calls down to the subcomponent the directories will be created in the current directory - not in the utils/zip directory UNLESS I add: <project name="My Zip" default="build" basedir="Utils/Zip"> With utils/zip in basedir of the subproject everything works. However I'd rather the subcomponent not know what directory structure it's within - it should be self contained. I should be able to call the subbuild and the basedir element should be relative to the build file itself. This was the general Java Ant behaviour. Has this been changed or have I missed something? BTW I'm using the latest snapshot src build. Darren ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
