How to read properties file using ANT
  Suppose You have to access some properties (from a file), which are already defined  in my build file. To be able to access the properties We can use the build  attribute of the property task.        build.properties    #Release information  #Thu Oct 14 16:25:12 CEST 2004 build.number=115 release.version=0.4 release.name=framework      Ant Example Target    <target name="read.properties">       <!-- Read the properties from the release of the framework -->   <property file="build.properties" prefix="build"/>   <echo message="${build.build.number}"/>   <echo message="${build.release.version}"/>   <echo message="${build.release.name}"/>     </target>       Output    Buildfile: C:\build.xml read.properties:   [echo] 115   [echo] 0.4   [echo] framework BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 3 seconds