How can I get the value of the current target ant?

Question

How can I get the value of the current target ant?

Does it exist a special variable something called TARGET?

Answer 1

Based on the issue you have to patch ant or used javascript:

<target name="test">
  <script language="javascript">
    project.setNewProperty("current_target", self.getOwningTarget());
  </script>
  <echo>${current_target}</echo>
</target>

Answer 2

In ant 1.8.2 you can use ${ant.project.invoked-targets}

However, looking at the commit logs http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=663061 I'm guessing its been available since 1.7.1