There are several ways this can be done: One is to use multiple tasks:
<target name="compile"> <antcall target="compile.dev"/> <antcall target="compile.release"/> </target> <target name=compile.dev" if="mode.dev"> <property name="build.classes" value="${build}/dev/classes"/> </target> <target name="compile.release" unless="mode.dev"> <property name="build.classes" value="${build}/release/classes"/> </target> In the example you gave, you could simply set the property "type" to either "dev" or "release": <property name="build.classes" value="${build}/${type}/classes"/> You can also use separate XML property files: <xmlproperty file="build.${type}.xml" keeproot="false"/> Or, you can use the antcontrib library which includes a conditional "if" statement. If you do this, I would put the ant-contrib.jar file in a directory called "antlib" in the root of your project and use the following <typedef>: <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml"> <classpath> <pathelement location="${basedir}/antlib/ant-contrib.jar"/> </classpath> This way, ant will work without having to specifically install the ant-contrib.jar file. You can find Ant-Contrib at: http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net The <if> task looks like this: <if> <isset property="type"> <then> <property name="build.classes" value="${build}/dev/classes"/> </then> <else> <property name="build.classes" value="${build}/release/classes"/> </else> </if> -- David Weintraub qazw...@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org