org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs

Class Dirname


public class Dirname
extends Task

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

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

Method Summary

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

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

execute, 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, log, log, setProject

Method Details

execute

public void execute()
            throws BuildException
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 interface Task
Throws:
BuildException - if something goes wrong with the build

setFile

public void setFile(File file)
Path to take the dirname of.
Parameters:
file -

setProperty

public void setProperty(String property)
The name of the property to set.
Parameters:
property -

Copyright © 2000-2006 Apache Software Foundation. All Rights Reserved.