gant

NAME

gant - A build framework based on scripting Ant task using Groovy.

SYNOPSIS

gant [options] [target [target2 [target3] ...]]

DESCRIPTION

gant is a tool for working with Ant tasks but using Groovy as the scripting language rather than using XML as a specification language.

By default it takes information from build.gant which describes the targets.
-c,--usecache

Whether to cache the generated class and perform modified checks on the file before re-compilation.

-d,--debug

Print debug levels of information.

-f,--file <build-file>

Use the named build file instead of the default, build.gant.

-h,--help

Print out this message.

-l,--gantlib <library>

A directory that contains classes to be used as extra Gant modules,

-n,--dry-run

Do not actually action any tasks.

-p,--projecthelp

Print out a list of the possible targets.

-q,--quiet

Do not print out much when executing.

-s,--silent

Print out nothing when executing.

-v,--verbose

Print lots of extra information.

-C, --cachedir <cache-file>

The directory where to cache generated classes to.

-D <name>=<value>

Define <name> to have value <value>. Creates a variable named <name> for use in the scripts and a property named <name> for the Ant tasks.

-L,--lib <path>

Add a directory to search for jars and classes.

-P,--classpath <path-list>

Specify a path list to search for jars and classes.

-T,--targets

Print out a list of the possible targets.

-V,--version

Print the version number and exit.

AUTHOR

Gant and this manpage written by Russel Winder <russel@winder.org.uk>.