Name
echo
Synopsis
Writes a message to the Ant log or a file. The verbosity defaults to
Project.MSG_WARN
, which means that messages appear
on the console.
Attributes
-
append
(all, boolean, N) If
true
, append to an existing file. Defaults tofalse
.-
file
(all, File, N) The file to write the message to.
-
message
(all, String, *) The text to write.
The message
attribute is required unless text is
included as content of the XML tag, as shown in the example that
follows.
Content
- Text content (all)
Text content is allowed when the
message
attribute is not specified. Property references such as${builddir}
are allowed.
Example Usage
The first of the following examples specifies the text to write using
the message
attribute. The second example
specifies the text to write by enclosing it within
<echo>
...</echo>
tags.
<echo message="Building to ${builddir}"/> <echo>You are using version ${java.version} of Java! This message spans two lines.</echo>
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