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Detlef Brendle wrote:
> how can I pass command line parameters to the ant script ?
> I want to use a cvs command to release versions. I would like 
> to pass the
> release tag as argument to the xml target.
> 
> how can I do this?

ant -D<name>=<value> lets you define values for properties.

These can then be used within your Ant script as any normal property:
${<name>} will put in <value>

Robert.