Ant Developer’s Handbook

<dirname>

The <dirname> task complements the <basename> task. It returns the path up to, but not including, the last element in the path. So, you can set a property to the directory path of a file. Table 4.29 details the attributes of this simple-to-use task.

Table 4.29. Table of <dirname> Attributes

Attributes (Required)	Description
file	The file to find the directory path of.
property	The property to set.

Example

This example will set the dirpath property to the directory path of C:\javadevelopment\misc\build.xml, which is C:\javadevelopment\misc.

<dirname file="C:\javadevelopment\misc\build.xml" 
  property="dirpath"/>