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Class Launcher</H2>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The directory name of the per-user ant directory.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The name of a per-user library directory.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Ant Home (installation) Directory property.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Ant Library Directory property.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exit code on trouble</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;System property with user home directory.</TD>
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ANTHOME_PROPERTY</H3>
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<DD>The Ant Home (installation) Directory property.
 "ant.home"
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ANTLIBDIR_PROPERTY</H3>
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<DD>The Ant Library Directory property.
 "ant.library.dir"
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ANT_PRIVATEDIR</H3>
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 ".ant"
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ANT_PRIVATELIB</H3>
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<DD>The name of a per-user library directory.
 "lib"
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launchDiag</H3>
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USER_LIBDIR</H3>
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MAIN_CLASS</H3>
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 "org.apache.tools.ant.Main"
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USER_HOMEDIR</H3>
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 "user.home"
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EXIT_CODE_ERROR</H3>
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