try to use explicit target directory in whatever task you are running,
and point it to the shadow directory.



David Carson wrote:

> We have a build environment where we build a 'shadow' of our source
> tree consisting of symbolic links to the real source tree.  The actual
> build takes place in this shadow.
>
> When I run ant in this shadow, it reads the main .mxml file using the
> symlink.  However, it figures out that the .mxml is a symlink, follows
> that link to the real file, and the resulting output files (such as
> .cache files) are written there (or so my theory goes).  I have
> replaced the symlink with a real copy of the file and the output ends
> up in the shadow, so my theory seems to be correct.
>
> I want all output files in the shadow, so I don't want ant to follow
> the symlink to determine where to write output. Is this possible?
>
> Thanks,
> David
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