NAME
ant - a Java based make tool.
SYNOPSIS
ant [OPTIONS] [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
targets.
-help, -h
print help on the command line options
-projecthelp, -p
print project help information
-version
print the version information
-diagnostics
print information that might be helpful to diagnose or report
problems
-quiet, -q
be extra quiet
-verbose, -v
be extra verbose
-debug, -d
print debugging information
-emacs, -e
produce logging information without adornments
-lib <path>
specifies a path to search for jars and classes
-logfile <file>
use the given file to output log to
-logger <classname>
use the given class to perform loggin
-listener <classname>
add an instance of the given class as a project listener
-buildfile, -file, -f <file>
use the given buildfile instead of the default build.xml file.
This is the ant equivalent of Makefile
-D<property>=<value>
use value for the given property
-propertyfile <name>
load all properties from file with -D properties taking
precedence
-inputhandler <class>
the class which will handle input requests
-nice <number>
A niceness value for the main thread: 1 (lowest) to 10
(highest); 5 is the default
SEE ALSO
make(1)
AUTHOR
This manpage is written by Egon Willighagen <egonw@sci.kun.nl>