Apache Ant Tasks - BaseName

Description

Basename task determines the base name of the specified file/directory while removing the suffix if passed. In case of full path of file, the name of the file is used. In case of directory path, the name of the last directory is used.

Properties

Sr.No	Attributes & Description
1	File The path to take the basename of. (Mandatory)
2	Property The name of the property to set. (Mandatory)
3	Suffix The suffix to remove from the resulting basename (specified either with or without the .). (Optional)

Sr.No

Attributes & Description

File

The path to take the basename of. (Mandatory)

Property

The name of the property to set. (Mandatory)

Suffix

The suffix to remove from the resulting basename (specified either with or without the .). (Optional)

Example

Usage

Create build.xml with the following content −

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="TutorialPoint" default="info">
   <target name="info">
      <basename property="cmdname" file="D:/usr/local/application.exe"
         suffix=".exe"/>
      <echo message="${cmdname}"></echo>
   </target>
</project>

Output

Running Ant on the above build file produces the following output −

F:\tutorialspoint\ant>ant
Buildfile: F:\tutorialspoint\ant\build.xml

info:
   [echo] application

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 0 seconds