NAME

       gant - A build framework based on scripting Ant task using Groovy.

SYNOPSIS

       gant [options] [target [target2 [target3] ...]]

DESCRIPTION

       gant  is  a  tool  for  working  with Ant tasks but using Groovy as the scripting language
       rather than using XML as a specification language.

       By default it takes information from build.gant which describes the targets.

        -c,--usecache
              Whether to cache the generated class and perform modified checks on the file before
              re-compilation.

        -d,--debug
              Print debug levels of information.

        -f,--file <build-file>
              Use the named build file instead of the default, build.gant.

        -h,--help
              Print out this message.

        -l,--gantlib <library>
              A directory that contains classes to be used as extra Gant modules,

        -n,--dry-run
              Do not actually action any tasks.

        -p,--projecthelp
              Print out a list of the possible targets.

        -q,--quiet
              Do not print out much when executing.

        -s,--silent
              Print out nothing when executing.

        -v,--verbose
              Print lots of extra information.

        -C, --cachedir <cache-file>
              The directory where to cache generated classes to.

        -D <name>=<value>
              Define  <name>  to  have value <value>.  Creates a variable named <name> for use in
              the scripts and a property named <name> for the Ant tasks.

        -L,--lib <path>
              Add a directory to search for jars and classes.

        -P,--classpath <path-list>
              Specify a path list to search for jars and classes.

        -T,--targets
              Print out a list of the possible targets.

        -V,--version
              Print the version number and exit.

AUTHOR

       Gant and this manpage written by Russel Winder <russel@winder.org.uk>.