org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs
Class Dirname

java.lang.Object
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public class Dirname

extends Task

Determines the directory name of the specified file. This task can accept the following attributes:

• file
• property

Both file and property are required.

When this task executes, it will set the specified property to the value of the specified file up to, but not including, the last path element. If file is a file, the directory will be the current directory.

Since:

Ant 1.5

Version:

$Revision: 1.7.2.4 $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task

description, location, target, taskName, taskType, wrapper

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

project

Constructor Summary

Dirname()

Method Summary

void	execute() Called by the project to let the task do its work.
void	setFile(java.io.File file) Path to take the dirname of.
void	setProperty(java.lang.String property) The name of the property to set.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task

getDescription, getLocation, getOwningTarget, getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, getTaskName, getTaskType, getWrapper, handleErrorFlush, handleErrorOutput, handleFlush, handleInput, handleOutput, init, isInvalid, log, log, maybeConfigure, perform, reconfigure, setDescription, setLocation, setOwningTarget, setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, setTaskName, setTaskType

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

getProject, setProject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Dirname

public Dirname()

Method Detail

setFile

public void setFile(java.io.File file)

Path to take the dirname of.

Parameters:

file -

setProperty

public void setProperty(java.lang.String property)

The name of the property to set.

Parameters:

property -

execute

public void execute()
             throws BuildException

Description copied from class: Task

Called by the project to let the task do its work. This method may be called more than once, if the task is invoked more than once. For example, if target1 and target2 both depend on target3, then running "ant target1 target2" will run all tasks in target3 twice.

Overrides:

execute in class Task

Throws:

BuildException - if something goes wrong with the build