debugging ant build files

[Harald Kirsch]

What is the way to really see ant working?
I tried 'ant -v' but the output is something like
this:

Build sequence for target `compile' is [purgeClasses, compile]
Complete build sequence is [purgeClasses, compile]

purgeClasses:
[dependset] Deleting all target files.

compile:

BUILD SUCCESSFUL

Haha. I see that it did not compile anything, but I knew this
before. But why did it not compile?

I know there must be something wrong with my use of patternset and
fileset, but how can I see which fileset it is actually working with?

Is there a way to pass a fileset to the "echo" task or to "exec"?

Thanks,
Harald.

 

[Flip]

There is a -debug (http://ant.apache.org/manual/running.html#commandline)
command line option you could try out. Unfortunatel I didn't find a logging
level integer you could use.

Good luck.