How to specify base dir then we run ant like ant -f somedir/dir/build.xml

Question

How to specify base dir then we run ant like ant -f somedir/dir/build.xml. Ant sets basedir relative to build.xml, if I specify

Answer 1

You can try to use subant task:

Assuming you have two different folders

1. Your current folder X:/your/launching/folder where you are executing ant command from

2. Folder where your destination bulid.xml is: Y:/any/folder/with/build.xml

You can do the following:

Create build.xml in X:/your/launching/folder with the next content:

Then you can execute ant mytarget from X:/your/launching/folder folder to start building your Y:/any/folder/with/build.xml

Update:

You can override basedir property for subant build like this: