Should ${projectDir} be resolved from the antfile directory or from the user directory?

[joeytakeda]

Running the build from my home directory like so:

ant -lib projectEndings/diagnostics/utilities -f projectEndings/diagnostics/build.xml -DprojectDir=ise/ise3/svn/data/

Results in the build looking for this directory:
Output dir: /home/netlink/jtakeda/projectEndings/diagnostics/ise/ise3/svn/data/

So it looks for ${base.dir}/{$projectDir}--should it be ${user.dir}/${projectDir}?

[martindholmes]

That doesn't make any sense to me. I think we should simply clarify that if you're passing a directory to the thing at the command line, it should be a full path. That's what happens when you choose a directory in the Oxygen context.

[martindholmes]

I think the ant task should check whether the target folder exists, and bail if it doesn't.