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Ant - Java-based build tool

Ant is a Java based build tool, similar to make, but with better support for the cross platform issues involved with developing Java applications.

Instead of a model where the tool is extended with shell based commands, it is extended using Java classes. Instead of writing shell commands, the configuration files are XML based calling out a target tree where various tasks get executed. Each task is run by an object which implements a particular Task interface.

Obtaining

Web pagehttp://ant.apache.org/
Source tarball http://cvs.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.6.1beta1/src/apache-ant-1.6.2-src.tar.gz
Source informationhttp://cvs.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.6.2/src/
Version 1.6.2 (stable) released on 2004-07-16
Licensed under The Apache License.
This is not a GNU package.

Documentation

User manual available in HTML format from http://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html
Support contacts

Help List<user@ant.apache.org> http://ant.apache.org/mail.html
Developer List<dev@ant.apache.org> http://ant.apache.org/mail.html
Bug Databasehttp://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Ant

Project contacts

Maintainers
Developers
Contributors

Related information

Source repository:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic login password: anoncvs http://ant.apache.org/cvs.html
Interfacescommand line
Source languagesJava
Use requirementsJDK 1.1 or later (1.2 recommended)
Source prerequisitesJAXP-compliant XML parser
Related programsmake

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2003-03-05
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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