title: BUILD FAILED D:\opt\trunk\build.xml:117: Could not create task or type of type: for
body: <p>I have added antcontrib.03.jar to both ANT_HOME/lib and in separate location d:\lib and it still gives me this error. Can any on help me here please. Thanks!</p>
  
  <h2>build.properties</h2>
  
  <pre><code>#back-end - copy
  back.end.dir=d:/opt/polopoly/pear/work/ears/front    
  path.to.tomcat.dir=${back.end.dir}/tomcat1,${back.end.dir}/tomcat2,${back.end.dir}/tomcat3, ${back.end.dir}/tomcat3,${back.end.dir}/tomcat4,${back.end.dir}/tomcat5
  root.war.file=${path.to.tomcat.dir}/test1.war,${path.to.tomcat.dir}/test2.war,${path.to.tomcat.dir}/test3.war,${path.to.tomcat.dir}/test4.war,${path.to.tomcat.dir}/test5.war
  
  #front-end -paste
  host.name=//servername/share
  path.to.tomcat.webapps=${host.name}/opt/tomcat/webapps
  </code></pre>
  
  <h2>build.xml</h2>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties"&gt;
    &lt;classpath&gt;
      &lt;pathelement location="d:/lib/ant-contrib-0.3.jar"/&gt;
    &lt;/classpath&gt;
  &lt;/taskdef&gt;
  
  &lt;!-- copy new ROOT.war file --&gt;
  &lt;target name="deploy-root" description="Copy new root.war from pCMS back-end to front-end" depends="prepare"&gt;
          &lt;sequential&gt;
              &lt;for list="${root.war.file}" param="single-file"&gt;
                  &lt;echo&gt; Copying File @{single-file} &lt;/echo&gt;
                  &lt;copy file="@{single-file}" todir="${path.to.tomcat.webapps}" overwrite="true" /&gt;
              &lt;/for&gt;  
          &lt;/sequential&gt;
  &lt;/target&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <h2>Output error</h2>
  
  <pre><code>D:\opt\trunk&gt;ant deploy-root
  Buildfile: build.xml
    [taskdef] Could not load definitions from resource lib/net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties. It could not be found.
  
  init:
       [echo] TODAYS DATE AND TIME: 2 May 2012, 12:16:28 PM, BST
  
  prepare:
  
  deploy-root:
  
  BUILD FAILED
  D:\opt\trunk\build.xml:117: Could not create task or type of type: for.
  
  Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon.
  
  This is common and has a number of causes; the usual
  solutions are to read the manual pages then download and
  install needed JAR files, or fix the build file:
   - You have misspelt 'for'.
     Fix: check your spelling.
   - The task needs an external JAR file to execute
       and this is not found at the right place in the classpath.
     Fix: check the documentation for dependencies.
     Fix: declare the task.
   - The task is an Ant optional task and the JAR file and/or libraries
       implementing the functionality were not found at the time you
       yourself built your installation of Ant from the Ant sources.
     Fix: Look in the ANT_HOME/lib for the 'ant-' JAR corresponding to the
       task and make sure it contains more than merely a META-INF/MANIFEST.MF.
       If all it contains is the manifest, then rebuild Ant with the needed
       libraries present in ${ant.home}/lib/optional/ , or alternatively,
       download a pre-built release version from apache.org
   - The build file was written for a later version of Ant
     Fix: upgrade to at least the latest release version of Ant
   - The task is not an Ant core or optional task
       and needs to be declared using &lt;taskdef&gt;.
   - You are attempting to use a task defined using
      &lt;presetdef&gt; or &lt;macrodef&gt; but have spelt wrong or not
     defined it at the point of use
  
  Remember that for JAR files to be visible to Ant tasks implemented
  in ANT_HOME/lib, the files must be in the same directory or on the
  classpath
  
  Please neither file bug reports on this problem, nor email the
  Ant mailing lists, until all of these causes have been explored,
  as this is not an Ant bug.
  </code></pre>