How to set Ant properties based on variables in Eclipse?

Question

I have a common problem and there are probably countless ways to solve it. I\'m looking for an elegant, simple solution to this typical scenario:

I have a project in Ec

Answer 1

See Window -> Preferences -> Ant -> Runtime -> Properties to define custom ant properties that should be available to any ant script invoked from Eclipse. The simply set the same property manually when invoking script from command-line.

Your build.properties file can exist wherever you like. Use normal Ant facilities to import it into your script.