Spring application ant build fails

Question

I am very new to java and spring. I was trying out my first ever application in spring. I followed this tutorial http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/tutorials/os-ag-springframe2/section6.html

I am unable to build using ant. I get this error when I try to build.

deepak@deepak-laptop:~/geronimo-tomcat7-javaee6-3.0-M1/workspace/phonebook$ ant dist
Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
Build failed

There is no where in that tutorial the author has mentioned to create build.xml file. As a new bie I guess 'build.xml' is a file which ant generates.

Help me get through this step. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

build.xml is the file which tells Ant what to do. It won't work without it. You must've missed something in the tutorial, since it's core to how Ant works.

Answer 2

build.xml is supplied in the download for the tutorial. Perhaps you've deleted it by mistake?