Ant: how to get command-line argument?

When using Ant to build Java source files, what is the syntax of obtaining command-line argument in build.xml?

From the documentation:
http://ant.apache.org/manual/running.html#libs
Examples
ant
runs Ant using the build.xml file in the current directory, on the default target.
ant -buildfile test.xml
runs Ant using the test.xml file in the current directory, on the default target.
ant -buildfile test.xml dist
runs Ant using the test.xml file in the current directory, on the target called dist.
ant -buildfile test.xml -Dbuild=build/classes dist
runs Ant using the test.xml file in the current directory, on the target called dist, setting the build property to the value build/classes.
ant -lib /home/ant/extras
runs Ant picking up additional task and support jars from the /home/ant/extras location
steps:
- You define a property (like ${my.prop}) in your build.xml
- You define it in the command line, like
ant -Dmy.prop=chosen_value compile
where "compile" is the target and "-Dmy.prop=chosen_value" defines the value of the property "my.prop" as "chosen_value".

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"plug_in_guy" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Can someone point me at an example of how to obtain
command line arguments
> from
> inside my Flex application? I want to have my Flex
application perform
> different tasks when it is launched with different
command line arguments,
> for
> example:
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> myApp.exe 2
> myApp.exe 3
>
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