Problems with running ant.

[tan1981]

When I try to run ant -buildfile my_build.xml, ant always runs build.xml file instead my_build.xml
The same when I try to run ant with any other option like ant -h - it should give me some help and instead it runs build.xml
Can anyone tell me what is going on? I am quite sure that all classpath's, path's are set correctly
cheers, tan1981

 

[arrgh]

Hmmm, using -buidfile (although I usually use -f because it is less typing) and -h works ok for me - I am using version 1.6.5. Try renaming the existing build.xml file and retesting to see what result you get and let us know.

 

[tan1981]

I tried it many times, and still got the same, ant looks for build.xml file and writes "Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
Build failed"

can you help me?

tan1981

 

[arrgh]

1. List your environment variables
2. List the contents of the directory you run ant in.
3. List the contents of your build file - "my_build.xml".
4. Run: ant -version and let me know the results.

Regards

Bill

 

[tan1981]

Hi Bill,

I have no idea what was going on, the fact is that now everyhing is ok - but really, I didn't do anything to solve this problem, just wrote ant -version. It looks like a sci-fi story, or just a common copmuter error - if it doesn't work we don't know why, if it works we don't know why either.


cheers,
tan

 

[stiley]

Hi there,
These may be obvious questions, but
do you have an environment variable ANT_HOME set?
is ANT_HOME\bin in your system's path variable?

Sean

 

[tan1981]

Hi Sean,

yes of course I do have ANT_HOME set properly.

cheers,
tan