java - Echoing out ant fileset to screen for Debugging

Question

I have this:

    <ivy:buildlist reference="build-path">
        <fileset dir="${root.dir}">
            <include name="*/build.xml" />
            <include name="controllers/*/build.xml" />
        </fileset>
    </ivy:buildlist>


    <subant buildpathref="build-path">
        <target name="jar.all" />
        <target name="publish-local" />
    </subant>

I want to echo out everything that is in the "build-path" reference (for debugging some things).

I have tried:

<echo>${build-path}</echo>

but it just echos that exact text "${build-path}"

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3934309/echoing-out-ant-fileset-to-screen-for-debugging

Answer 1

You can use the documented (honest, it's in there somewhere...) toString helper:

<echo message="My build-path is ${toString:build-path}" />