Debugging ANT build scripts

[illusions]

Hello,
I would like to know about the debugging capabilities of ANT. Basically
I have an ANT build script written by a colleague and I wanted to step
through each target to see what are the various tasks that are beings
called. I tried using the -debug option but that output a whole lot of
information without any pause. Could you suggest any other better
method of debugging.
Thaks,
Swathi

 

[Collin VanDyck]

Hello,
I would like to know about the debugging capabilities of ANT. Basically
I have an ANT build script written by a colleague and I wanted to step
through each target to see what are the various tasks that are beings
called. I tried using the -debug option but that output a whole lot of
information without any pause. Could you suggest any other better
method of debugging.
Thaks,
Swathi

You could write a custom task that outputted some text to the console
and insert your task inside of each target with an appropriate message.

 

[bugbear]

Hello,
I would like to know about the debugging capabilities of ANT. Basically
I have an ANT build script written by a colleague and I wanted to step
through each target to see what are the various tasks that are beings
called. I tried using the -debug option but that output a whole lot of
information without any pause. Could you suggest any other better
method of debugging.

If you capture the output of -debug, it's (moderately)
readable in a decent editor.

Trying to eyeball it as it flys past is futile.

BugBear

 

[Chas Douglass]

Hello,
I would like to know about the debugging capabilities of ANT. Basically
I have an ANT build script written by a colleague and I wanted to step
through each target to see what are the various tasks that are beings
called. I tried using the -debug option but that output a whole lot of
information without any pause. Could you suggest any other better
method of debugging.
Thaks,
Swathi

The latest "stream stable build" of Eclipse (3.1M4) released yesterday
claims to have an "ant debugger". I haven't tried it yet.

<http://eclipse.org>

Chas Douglass

 

[Bill Joy]

JBuilder has a debugger for ANT scripts that lets you set breakpoints and
see/change the value of variables.

Here is a link to a downloadable demo using Shockwave on the Borland
Developer Network site:

http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,32863,00.html