## org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs
Class Dirname

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
          org.apache.tools.ant.Task
              org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Dirname

public class Dirname
extends Task

Determines the directory name of the specified file. This task can accept the following attributes:

- file
- property

Both file and property are required.

When this task executes, it will set the specified property to the value of the specified file up to, but not including, the last path element. If file is a file, the directory will be the current directory.

Since:
  Ant 1.5
Version:
  $Revision: 1.2.2.3 $
Author:
  Diane Holt holtdl@apache.org

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
`description, location, target, taskName, taskType, wrapper`

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
`project`

Constructor Summary
`Dirname()`

Method Summary
`void` `execute()` Called by the project to let the task do its work.
`void` `setFile(java.io.File file)` Path to take the dirname of.
`void` `setProperty(java.lang.String property)` The name of the property to set.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
`getDescription, getLocation, getOwningTarget, getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, getTaskName, handleErrorFlush, handleErrorOutput, handleFlush, handleOutput, init, isInvalid, log, log, maybeConfigure, perform, setDescription, setLocation, setOwningTarget, setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, setTaskName`

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
`getProject, setProject`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### Dirname

    public Dirname()

Method Detail

### setFile

    public void setFile(java.io.File file)

  Path to take the dirname of.

  Parameters:
    `file` -

### setProperty

    public void setProperty(java.lang.String property)

  The name of the property to set.

  Parameters:
    `property` -

### execute

    public void execute()
                 throws BuildException

  Description copied from class: `Task`
  Called by the project to let the task do its work. This method may be called more than once, if the task is invoked more than once. For example, if target1 and target2 both depend on target3, then running "ant target1 target2" will run all tasks in target3 twice.

  Overrides:
    `execute` in class `Task`
  Throws:
    `BuildException` - if something goes wrong with the build

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