how to access the .properties file in ant if it is in different location

Question

<property file="Build.properties"/> 

如果build.properties文件位于project的根目录中，则此方法有效。现在，如果Build.properties文件位于src文件夹中，并且build.xml位于root（主项目根目录）中，则访问该build.properties的语法是什么？文件。

Answer 1

It can be done by giving in two ways

1. give the loction in classpath.

2. <property file="src/build.properties" />

Both of them worked for me.

Answer 2

You can define property at starting of your ant script. And use ${proj_home}*.properties to access your property file. Hope it helps.

Answer 3

Other answers are valid. Note that you can pass a property file as ant command line

ant -propertyfile src/build.properties