TestNG test-output folder getting generated on Desktop when expected to be in project folder - ant

Question

I have a setup of Selenium WebDriver + TestNG + Ant framework in my automation project. Running webdriver + TestNG tests from Ant using build.xml was working absolutely fine a few months ago. TestNG was generating the test-output folder in the project directory as expected. Now when I run my testng tests from ANT it's generating the default report folder test-output on my Desktop (home/user/Desktop). I don't know why it is happening.
This is my build.xml file:
<project name="InitialConfigProject" default="start" basedir=".">
<!-- ========== Initialize Properties =================================== -->
<property environment="env"/>
<property file="./app.properties"/>
<property name="ws.home" value="${basedir}"/>
<property name="test.dest" value="${ws.home}/build"/>
<property name="test.src" value="${ws.home}/src"/>
<property name="browser" value="/usr/bin/google-chrome"/>
<property name="mail_body_file" value="${basedir}/email_body.txt"/>
<property name="buildID" value="IND3.2.0"/>
<property name="sendmailscript_path" value="${basedir}/sendmail.sh"/>
<property name="mail_subject" value="Automated_test_execution_of_${buildID}"/>
<!-- ====== Set the classpath ==== -->
<target name="setClassPath" unless="test.classpath">
<path id="classpath_jars">
<fileset dir="${ws.home}/lib" includes="*.jar"/>
</path>
<pathconvert pathsep=":" property="test.classpath" refid="classpath_jars"/>
</target>
<!-- ============ Initializing other stuff =========== -->
<target name="init" depends="setClassPath">
<tstamp>
<format property="timestamp" pattern="dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm aa" />
</tstamp>
<!--
<condition property="ANT"
value="${env.ANT_HOME}/bin/ant.bat"
else="${env.ANT_HOME}/bin/ant">
<os family="windows" />
</condition> -->
<property name="build.log.dir" location="${basedir}/buildlogs" />
<mkdir dir="${build.log.dir}"/>
<property name="build.log.filename" value="build_${timestamp}.log"/>
<record name="${build.log.dir}/${build.log.filename}" loglevel="verbose" append="false"/>
<echo message="build logged to ${build.log.filename}"/>
<echo message="Loading TestNG.." />
<taskdef name="testng" classpath="${test.classpath}" classname="org.testng.TestNGAntTask" />
</target>
<!-- cleaning the destination folders -->
<target name="clean">
<delete dir="${test.dest}"/>
</target>
<!-- compiling files -->
<target name="compile" depends="init, clean" >
<delete includeemptydirs="true" quiet="true">
<fileset dir="${test.dest}" includes="**/*"/>
</delete>
<echo message="making directory..."/>
<mkdir dir="${test.dest}"/>
<copy file="${ws.home}/app.properties" todir="${ws.home}/build" />
<copy file="${ws.home}/resources/testdata/testDataSet1.properties" todir="${ws.home}/build" />
<echo message="compiling source files..."/>
<javac
debug="true"
destdir="${test.dest}"
srcdir="${test.src}"
target="1.6"
classpath="${test.classpath}"
includeantruntime="true"
>
</javac>
</target>
<!-- run -->
<target name="run" depends="compile">
<testng outputdir="${ws.home}/test-output" classpath="${test.classpath}:${test.dest}" suitename="Praxify Sanity Suite">
<xmlfileset dir="${ws.home}" includes="testng.xml"/>
</testng>
</target>
<!-- ========== Generating reports using XSLT utility ============== -->
<target name="testng-xslt-report">
<delete dir="${basedir}/testng-xslt">
</delete>
<mkdir dir="${basedir}/testng-xslt">
</mkdir>
<xslt in="${basedir}/test-output/testng-results.xml" style="${basedir}/testng-results.xsl" out="${basedir}/testng-xslt/index.html"
processor="SaxonLiaison">
<param expression="${basedir}/testng-xslt/" name="testNgXslt.outputDir" />
<param expression="true" name="testNgXslt.sortTestCaseLinks" />
<param expression="FAIL,SKIP,PASS,CONF,BY_CLASS" name="testNgXslt.testDetailsFilter" />
<param expression="true" name="testNgXslt.showRuntimeTotals" />
<classpath refid="classpath_jars"></classpath>
</xslt>
</target>
<!-- Starting point of the execution, should be dependent on target "run".
Target sequence will be:
start (not_execute) ==> run (not_execute) ==> compile (not_execute) ==> init (execute) ==> clean (execute)
start (execute) <== testng-xslt-report (execute) <== run (execute) <== compile (execute) <==
Suitable for ANT 1.7. Currently using this ====================== -->
<target name="start" depends="run, testng-xslt-report">
<tstamp prefix="getTime">
<format property="TODAY" pattern="MM-dd-yyyyhhmmaa"/>
</tstamp>
<echo message="sending report as mail...."/>
<property name="execution_time" value="${buildID}_${getTime.TODAY}"/>
<property name="dest_file" value="/home/xtremum/Reports/${execution_time}.zip"/>
<zip destfile="/home/xtremum/Reports/${execution_time}.zip" basedir="${basedir}/testng-xslt"/>
<property name="report_attachment_file" value="${dest_file}"/>
<exec executable="${sendmailscript_path}" newenvironment="false">
<arg value="${mail_subject}"/>
<arg value="${mail_recipient}"/>
<arg value="${report_attachment_file}"/>
<arg value="${mail_body_file}"/>
</exec>
</target>
Just for the record:
1. I am using Eclipse Juno.
2. I have installed TestNG plugin on Eclipse so that I can run tests directly from eclipse by right clicking on testng.xml and going for Run.
3. I have installed ANT 1.7 on my Ubuntu machine and have set my ANT_HOME pointing to /usr/share/ant. And I looked up in Windows -> Preferences -> Ant -> Runtime -> Ant Home Entries (Default) and they seem to have references to ant 1.8.3 libraries (JARS) which are inside the Eclipse package (eclipse/plugins/). Is there anything wrong here?
4. I am running the tests via ant from eclipse and not from command line.
I am not getting any build errors. Tests are getting executed but the test-output folder is getting created on Desktop. Any help?

Answer 1

If you are running through the testng plugin option, the output folder would be the one you specify in Project->Properties->TestNG->OutputDirectory