Do Task

Do

Description

This task is similar to the <antcall> task; however, <do> will not re-run common dependencies. Using <antcall> to run several targets that all have the same dependency(s) will cause the dependent target(s) for each called target to be run again. This results in common targets, such as "init"-type targets, being run many times. Using <do> instead of <antcall> prevents any common dependencies from being run more than once.

Note: The <do> task will still re-run any dependent target that was run prior to the <do> task(s) being run.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
target	The target to run.	Yes

Examples

  <target name="all">
    <do target="target1"/>
    <do target="target2"/>
  </target>

will run the targets target1 and target2. If both target1 and target2 depend on, for example, the init target, it will only be run once rather than once for target1 and again for target2.