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state that properties are case sensitive.

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<h2><a name="property">Property</a></h2> <h2><a name="property">Property</a></h2>
<h3>Description</h3> <h3>Description</h3>
<p>Sets a property (by name and value), or set of properties (from file or <p>Sets a property (by name and value), or set of properties (from file or
resource) in the project.</p>
resource) in the project. Properties are case sensitive.</p>
<p>When a property was set by the user, or was a property in a parent project <p>When a property was set by the user, or was a property in a parent project
(that started this project with the <a href="ant.html">ant task</a>), then this (that started this project with the <a href="ant.html">ant task</a>), then this
property cannot be set, and will be ignored. This means that properties set property cannot be set, and will be ignored. This means that properties set
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allow access of environment variables through &quot;myenv.PATH&quot; and allow access of environment variables through &quot;myenv.PATH&quot; and
&quot;myenv.TERM&quot;. This functionality is currently only implemented &quot;myenv.TERM&quot;. This functionality is currently only implemented
on select platforms. Feel free to send patches to increase the number of platforms on select platforms. Feel free to send patches to increase the number of platforms
this functionality is supported on ;)</td>
this functionality is supported on ;).<br>
Note also that properties are case sensitive, even if the
environment variables on your operating system are not, e.g. it
will be ${env.Path} not ${env.PATH} on Windows 2000.</td>

</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<td valign="top">classpath</td> <td valign="top">classpath</td>


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<h3>Properties</h3> <h3>Properties</h3>
<p>A project can have a set of properties. These might be set in the buildfile <p>A project can have a set of properties. These might be set in the buildfile
by the <a href="CoreTasks/property.html">property task</a>, or might be set outside Ant. A by the <a href="CoreTasks/property.html">property task</a>, or might be set outside Ant. A
property has a name and a value. Properties may be used in the value of
property has a name and a value, the name is case sensitive. Properties may be used in the value of
task attributes. This is done by placing the property name between task attributes. This is done by placing the property name between
&quot;<code>${</code>&quot; and &quot;<code>}</code>&quot; in the &quot;<code>${</code>&quot; and &quot;<code>}</code>&quot; in the
attribute value. For example, attribute value. For example,


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