Ant Example 2a
<project name="db" default="help" basedir=".">
<property name="app.name" value="db"/>
<property name="tomcat.home" value="/usr/local/tomcat"/>
<property name="deploy.home" value="${tomcat.home}/webapps/${app.name}"/>
<property name="class.home" value="${deploy.home}/WEB-INF/classes"/>
<property name="dist.home" value="${deploy.home}"/>
<property name="dist.src" value="${app.name}.jar"/>
<property name="dist.war" value="${app.name}.war"/>
<property name="javadoc.home" value="${deploy.home}/javadoc"/>
<mkdir dir="${deploy.home}"/>
<mkdir dir="${deploy.home}/WEB-INF"/>
<copy file="web.xml" todir="${deploy.home}/WEB-INF"/>
<copy file="index.html" todir="${deploy.home}"/>
<mkdir dir="${deploy.home}/WEB-INF/classes"/>