NAME¶
gant - A build framework based on scripting Ant task using Groovy.
SYNOPSIS¶
gant [options] [target [target2 [target3]
...]]
DESCRIPTION¶
gant is a tool for working with Ant tasks but using Groovy as the
scripting language rather than using XML as a specification language.
By default it takes information from build.gant which
describes the targets.
- -c,--usecache
- Whether to cache the generated class and perform modified checks on the
file before re-compilation.
- -d,--debug
- Print debug levels of information.
- -f,--file <build-file>
- Use the named build file instead of the default, build.gant.
- -h,--help
- Print out this message.
- -l,--gantlib <library>
- A directory that contains classes to be used as extra Gant modules,
- -n,--dry-run
- Do not actually action any tasks.
- -p,--projecthelp
- Print out a list of the possible targets.
- -q,--quiet
- Do not print out much when executing.
- -s,--silent
- Print out nothing when executing.
- -v,--verbose
- Print lots of extra information.
- -C, --cachedir <cache-file>
- The directory where to cache generated classes to.
- -D <name>=<value>
- Define <name> to have value <value>. Creates a variable named
<name> for use in the scripts and a property named <name> for
the Ant tasks.
- -L,--lib <path>
- Add a directory to search for jars and classes.
- -P,--classpath <path-list>
- Specify a path list to search for jars and classes.
- -T,--targets
- Print out a list of the possible targets.
- -V,--version
- Print the version number and exit.
AUTHOR¶
Gant and this manpage written by Russel Winder <russel@winder.org.uk>.
