{"id":371,"date":"2014-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/2014\/08\/20\/apache-ant-interview-questions-and-answers\/"},"modified":"2020-05-28T07:44:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T07:44:15","slug":"apache-ant-interview-questions-and-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/apache-ant-interview-questions-and-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Apache Ant Interview Questions and Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3588\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/apache-ant-interview-questi.png\" alt=\"apache-ant-interview-questions-and-answers\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/apache-ant-interview-questi.png 600w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/apache-ant-interview-questi-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Explain the concepts and capabilities of ANT?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Explain how to start to use Ant and provide a &#8220;Hello World&#8221; ant script?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Explain how to set classpath in ant?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>How does ant read properties? How to set my property system?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Explain how to modify properties in ant?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Explain how to use Runtime in ant?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>How can I use ant to run a Java application?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Explain how to debug my ant script?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>How can I write my own ant task?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Explain how to use ant-contrib tasks?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Explain how to make ant user interactive?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Explain using ANT and give an small example?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>How to delete files from a directory if it exists?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>How to loop on a list or fileset?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Why do I get en exception when I use location=\u201dD:\\\\Code\\\\include\u201d as<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>attribute of includepath?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Can I put the contents of a classpath or fileset into a property?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>How can I use ant to run a Java application?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>How to exclude multi directories in copy or delete task?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>How to use Runtime in ant?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>How to copy files without extention?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>How to hide password input?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>What are the system requirements for Apache Ant?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>What is IVY?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Difference between Ant 1.6 Vs 1.7 Vs 1.8 and 1.9?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>How we can echo message in Ant?<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>What is dependency? How it is used into ant? 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