copying a jar file in Apache Ant

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Published on 2010-04-13T00:54:54Z Indexed on 2010/04/13 1:42 UTC
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I need to copy a jar file from one directory to another when my project is built. Placing the statement:

<copy file="${test.dir}/MyFirstTest.jar" todir="${share.path}"/>

works fine when the project is built alone, but if I clean and build the project I get a warning informing me that the ${test.dir}/ directory hasn't been created yet. If I'm understanding properly I should be able to create a 'target' and specify a dependency for this operation but I'm unsure of what dependency to specify. What series of statements do I need to use to ensure this copy will occur whether I clean and build or just build the project?

Please let me know if any further clarification is needed.

FYI I am using Netbeans 6.8 to build my project.

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