File / Directory / Archive tasks
Development tasks
Execution Tasks
Misc and Property tasks
Execution Tasks
Remote Tasks
Execution Tasks
Execution Tasks
Ant
Runs Ant on a supplied buildfile,
AntCall
Runs another target within the same buildfile,
Apply/ExecOn ; Exec
Executes a system command.
Java
Executes a Java class within the running (Ant) VM, or in another VM if the fork attribute is specified.
Parallel
A container task that can contain other Ant tasks. Each nested task specified within the <parallel> tag will be executed in its own thread.
Sequential
A container task that can contain other Ant tasks. The nested tasks are simply executed in sequence. Its primary use is to support the sequential execution of a subset of tasks within the <parallel> tag.
Sleep
A task for suspending execution for a specified period of time. Useful when a build or deployment process requires an interval between tasks.
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Waitfor
Blocks execution until a set of specified conditions
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File / Directory / Archive tasks
Development tasks
Execution Tasks
Misc and Property tasks
Execution Tasks
Remote Tasks
Remote Tasks
FTP
Implements a basic FTP client that can send, receive, list, and delete files, and create directories.
Scp
Copy files to or from a remote server using SSH.
setproxy
Sets Java’s web proxy properties, so that tasks and code run in the same JVM can have through-the-firewall access to remote web sites.
Sshexec
Execute a command on a remote server using SSH.
Telnet
Task to automate a remote telnet session. This task uses nested <read> and <write> tags to indicate strings to wait for and specify text to send.
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