Ant File build.xml When you run Ant, it produces a reasonable amount of notification as it goes: $ ant compile Buildfile: build.xml Project base dir set to: /home/ian/javasrc/starting Executing Target: init Executing Target: compile Compiling 19 source files to /home/ian/javasrc/starting/build Performing a Modern Compile Copying 22 support files…

Build.xml

<project name="Java jdk Examples" default="compile" basedir=".">
 <!-- Set global properties for this build -->
 <property name="src" value="."/>
 <property name="build" value="build"/>
 <!-- Specify the compiler to use.Using jikes is supported but requires rt.jar in classpath. -->
 <property name="build.compiler" value="modern"/>
 <target name="init">
 <!-- Create the time stamp -->
 <tstamp/>
 <!-- Create the build directory structure used by compile -->
 <mkdir dir="${build}"/>
 </target>
 <!-- Specify what to compile. This builds everything -->
 <target name="compile" depends="init">
 <!-- Compile the java code from ${src} into ${build} -->
 <javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}"
 classpath="../darwinsys.jar"/>
 </target>
</project>