ant(1)                                                                  ant(1)



NAME
       ant - a Java based make tool.


SYNOPSIS
       ant [OPTION]... [TARGET [TARGET2] [TARGET3] ...]


DESCRIPTION
       Like  make ant is a tool by which projects can be build. But unlike it,
       ant is based on Java which means it will  run  on  every  platform  for
       which  a  Java Virtual Machine is available. This makes it a great tool
       for building Java software.

       By default it takes information from build.xml which describes the tar-
       gets.


       -help  print help on the command line options

       -projecthelp
              gives information on possible targets for this project

       -version
              returns the version number ant

       -quiet be extra quiet

       -verbose
              be extra verbose

       -debug print debugging information

       -emacs produce logging information without adornments

       -logfile 
              use the given file to output log to

       -logger 
              use the given class to perform loggin

       -listener 
              add an instance of the given class as a project listener

       -buildfile 
              use  the  given buildfile instead of the default build.xml file.
              This is the ant equivalent of akefile

       -D=
              use value for the given property


SEE ALSO
       make(1)


AUTHOR
       This manpage is written by Egon Willighagen 



Mac OS X                      September 22, 2004                        ant(1)