generating multiple output files

[Michael]

Hello,

I'm attempting to use the command line tool, compiler.jar (via ant),
to compile two large javascript files. These files are meant to be
used together, though one is optional, so I need to produce two
compiled files as output.

Because the code in the two files refer to one another I am under the
impression that I should compile them together, but when doing so I
can't see any way to produce two separate files as output. Is this
possible? How would I write a command line to do that?

For example this produces two files but the content of each file is
identical (presumably the combination of both inputs). I need the
content of each output file to be the compiled version of its input:

java -jar compiler.jar --js one.js --js_output_file one.cc.js --js
two.js --js_output_file two.cc.js

[DotNetWise]

Hi Michael,

You should use the amazing --module option
i.e. in my dos batch:
java -jar Build\Tools\compiler.jar ^
--compilation_level=ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATIONS ^
--externs Build\jQuery.externs.js ^
--js Build\Output\Compiling.js ^
--js Script/Themes.lang.js ^
--js Script/Themes.js ^
--module Core:3 ^
--js UI/ThemeChooser/ThemeChooser_en.htm.js ^
--js UI/ThemeChooser/ThemeChooser.js ^
--module UI_ThemeChooser:2:Core ^
--js UI/VerticalTabs/VerticalTabs_en.htm.js ^
--js UI/VerticalTabs/VerticalTabs.js ^
--module UI_VerticalTabs:2:Core ^
--js Pager/Pager_en.htm.js ^
--js Pager/jquery.Pager.js ^
--js Pager/Pager.js ^
--module Pager:3:VerticalTabs ^
--module_output_path_prefix .\Compiled\

You can see the --module argument is like this:
OutputModuleName:Number of input files to process together:Dependenent
Modules separated by commas
The OutputModuleName will be the actual OutputModuleName.js file on
the disk.
The --js_output_file is no longer needed

Hope this helps.
Laurentiu,
DotNetWise