Using ANT from Eclipse

build.properties

 <property file="build.properties" />  

build.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>  
<project default="hello">   
   <target name="hello">    
      <echo message="hello world" />   
   </target>  
</project>

builddir.php

<property name="buildDir" value="c:/export/${projectName}" />

projectdefaults.txt

# ----------------------------------------  # project defaults  # ----------------------------------------

projectName=temprepo  
projectURL=http://www.sixfive.co.uk