Echoes a message to the current loggers and listeners which means System.out unless overridden. A level can be specified, which controls at what logging level the message is -filtered at. -
+filtered at. +
The task can also echo to a file, in which case the option to append rather -than overwrite the file is available, and the level option is +than overwrite the file is available, and the level option is ignored
| append | -Append to an existing file? | +Append to an existing file (or + + open a new file / overwrite an existing file)? + | No - default is false. |
| level | Control the level at which this message is reported. - One of "error", "warning", "info", "verbose", "debug" | + One of "error", "warning", "info", "verbose", "debug" (decreasing order)No - default is "warning". |
<echo message="Hello, world"/> @@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ W3C Recommendation 04 February 2004 / End of Line handling A message which only appears in -debug mode.Generate a shell script by echoing to a file. Note the use of a double $ symbol to stop Ant -filtering out the single $ during variable expansion -<echo level="error"> Imminent failure in the antimatter containment facility. -Please withdraw to safe location at least 50km away. +Please withdraw to safe location at least 50km away. </echo>A message which appears even in -quiet mode. @@ -92,12 +93,68 @@ java-1.3.1 -mx1024m ${project.entrypoint} $$* </echo>
Depending on the loglevel Ant runs, messages are print out or silently +ignored: +
| Ant-Statement | +-quiet, -q | +no statement | +-verbose, -v | +-debug, -d | +
|---|---|---|---|---|
<echo message="This is error message." level="error" /> |
+ ok | +ok | +ok | +ok | +
<echo message="This is warning message." /> |
+ ok | +ok | +ok | +ok | +
<echo message="This is warning message." level="warning" /> |
+ ok | +ok | +ok | +ok | +
<echo message="This is info message." level="info" /> |
+ not logged | +ok | +ok | +ok | +
<echo message="This is verbose message." level="verbose" /> |
+ not logged | +not logged | +ok | +ok | +
<echo message="This is debug message." level="debug" /> |
+ not logged | +not logged | +not logged | +ok | +
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