andy@netbook:/tmp$ cat testfile.xml andy@netbook:/tmp$ apache-ant-1.7.1/bin/ant -f testfile.xml Buildfile: testfile.xml test: [echo] user.name=andy [echo] notintarget.name=Mr. Tickle [echo] intarget.name=Little Miss Naughty BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 0 seconds andy@netbook:/tmp$ apache-ant-1.7.1/bin/ant -Dintarget.name=Bert -Dnotintarget.name=Ernie -Duser.name=Elmo -f testfile.xml Buildfile: testfile.xml test: [echo] user.name=Elmo [echo] notintarget.name=Ernie [echo] intarget.name=Bert BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 0 seconds andy@netbook:/tmp$ apache-ant-1.8.0/bin/ant -Dintarget.name=Bert -Dnotintarget.name=Ernie -Duser.name=Elmo -f testfile.xml Buildfile: /tmp/testfile.xml test: [echo] user.name=Elmo [echo] notintarget.name=Ernie [echo] intarget.name=Bert BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 1 second andy@netbook:/tmp$ apache-ant-1.8.1/bin/ant -Dintarget.name=Bert -Dnotintarget.name=Ernie -Duser.name=Elmo -f testfile.xml Buildfile: /tmp/testfile.xml test: [echo] user.name=Elmo [echo] notintarget.name=Ernie [echo] intarget.name=Bert BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 1 second andy@netbook:/tmp$ apache-ant-1.8.2/bin/ant -Dintarget.name=Bert -Dnotintarget.name=Ernie -Duser.name=Elmo -f testfile.xml Buildfile: /tmp/testfile.xml test: [echo] user.name=andy [echo] notintarget.name=Ernie [echo] intarget.name=Bert BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 1 second