From a82bb7bf51eccd8ca3329f21d64157d9c9d79715 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Materne <jhm@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:46:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Simple Installation-Check.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/trunk@557912 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
 docs/manual/install.html     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 docs/manual/installlist.html |  1 +
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/manual/install.html b/docs/manual/install.html
index 5dd5b4add..54c597586 100644
--- a/docs/manual/install.html
+++ b/docs/manual/install.html
@@ -229,6 +229,22 @@ restrictions on the classes which may be loaded by an extension.</p>
 </tr>
 </table>
 
+<h3><a name="checkInstallation">Check Installation</a></h3>
+<p>You can check the basic installation with opening a new shell and typing <tt>ant</tt>. You
+should get a message like this
+<pre>
+Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
+Build failed
+</pre>
+So Ant works. This message is there because you need to write an individual buildfile for your 
+project. With a <tt>ant -version</tt> you should get an output like
+<pre>
+Apache Ant version 1.7.0 compiled on December 13 2006
+</pre> 
+
+
+</p>
+
 <h3><a name="optionalTasks">Optional Tasks</a></h3>
 <p>Ant supports a number of optional tasks. An optional task is a task which
 typically requires an external library to function. The optional tasks are
diff --git a/docs/manual/installlist.html b/docs/manual/installlist.html
index dcd079e60..1e80d5fdc 100644
--- a/docs/manual/installlist.html
+++ b/docs/manual/installlist.html
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 <p><a href="install.html#getting">Getting Ant</a><br/>
   <a href="install.html#sysrequirements">System Requirements</a><br/>
   <a href="install.html#installing">Installing Ant</a><br/>
+  <a href="install.html#checkInstallation">Check Installation</a><br/>
   <a href="install.html#buildingant">Building Ant</a><br/>
   <a href="install.html#librarydependencies">Library Dependencies</a><br/>
   <a href="platform.html">Platform Specific Issues</a><br/>