The latest stable version of Ant can be downloaded from http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/tomcat/release/v3.0/ant.zip. +href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/ant/release/v1.1/bin/"> +http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/ant/release/v1.1/bin/. If you like living on the edge, you can download the latest version from http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/tomcat/nightly/ant.zip.
If you prefer the source edition, you can download Ant from http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/tomcat/release/v3.0/src/jakarta-tools.src.zip +href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/ant/release/v1.1/src/"> +http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/ant/release/v1.1/src/ (latest stable) or from http://jakarta.apache.org/from-cvs/jakarta-ant/ (current). See the section Building Ant on how to @@ -1048,7 +1050,7 @@ relative to the dir directory.
<delete dir="lib" />
deletes all files in the /lib directory.
<delete dir="." - include="**/*.bak" + includes="**/*.bak" />
deletes all files with the extension ".bak" from the current directory
@@ -1357,11 +1359,17 @@ You never know what editor a user will use to browse README's.
Gets a file from an URL. When the verbose option is "on", this task +
Gets a file from a URL. When the verbose option is "on", this task displays a '.' for every 100 Kb retrieved.
This task should be preferred above the CVS task when -doing automated builds. CVS is significant slower than loading a compressed +doing automated builds. CVS is significantly slower than loading a compressed archive with http/ftp.
+ +The usetimestamps option enables you to control downloads so that the remote file is +only fetched if newer than the local copy. If there is no local copy, the download always takes +place. When a file is downloaded, the timestamp of the downloaded file is set to the remote timestamp, +if the JVM is Java1.2 or later. +NB: This timestamp facility only works on downloads using the HTTP protocol.| verbose | -show verbose information ("on"/"off"). | +show verbose progress information ("on"/"off"). | No |
| Log errors but don't treat as fatal. | No | ||
| usetimestamps | +conditionally download a file based on the timestamp of the local copy. + HTTP only | +No | +
<get src="http://jakarta.apache.org/" dest="help/index.html" />-
gets the index page of http://jakarta.apache.org/, and stores it in the file help/index.html.
Gets the index page of http://jakarta.apache.org/, and stores it in the file help/index.html.
<get src="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/tomcat/nightly/ant.zip" + dest="optional.jar" + verbose="true" + usetimestamps="true"/>+
+Gets the nightly ant build from the tomcat distribution, if the local copy +is missing or out of date. Uses the verbose option +for progess information. +
+