> -----Original Message----- > From: David W Forslund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 14 August 2000 23:54 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: <arg> > > > Why can't one obtain the PATH variable (or others) that ant has and > optionally add to that environment for a exec task? Can this be > done portably? >
David, Java itself does not make the current path available. Perhaps it is too platform-specific a concept. For ant to "know" the value of the system path, it would need to be told explicitly. Conor
