3.3 Running Ant

You want to run Ant.

The complete command-line syntax is as follows:

ant [options] [target [target2 [target3] ...]]

Table 3-1 lists all of the Ant command-line options. This table applies to Ant Version 1.5.1.

Table 3-1. Ant command-line options
Option	Description
`-buildfile` `file` `-f` `file` `-file` `file`	Specify which buildfile to use. If omitted, Ant searches for a file named build.xml.
`-Dproperty=value`	Pass name/value pairs as properties.
`-debug`	Write debugging information as the build progresses.
`-diagnostics`	Write diagnostic information as the build progresses.
`-emacs`	Write the log file in a way that Emacs understands.
`-find` file	Locate a buildfile. Start searching in this directory, then the parent directory, and so on until the file is found or the filesystem root is reached.
`-help`	Show these options.
`-inputhandler` `classname`	Use a custom input handler class.
`-listener` `classname`	Use a custom build listener class.
`-logfile` `file` `-l` `file`	Send messages to the specified file instead of the console.
`-logger` `classname`	Use a custom logger class.
`-projecthelp`	Show a list of all targets in the buildfile.
`-propertyfile` `name`	Load all of the properties in the specified file. Properties specified with -D take precedence.
`-quiet` `-q`	Suppress much of the output.
`-verbose` `-v`	Write more information as the build progresses.
`-version`	Show the version of Ant.