I don't know of any way to currently start separate processes in Ant. I
need the same functionality, and was (sometime soon) just planning to add a
"wait" parameter to Exec which defaults to true, although I'm not sure how
the input, output, and watchdog handlers will be handled. -Brian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Settle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 2:23 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Exec and starting a separate process
>
>
> I'm wanting to start a separate process under Windows NT/2000
> and I've tried to
> use the <exec/> task to run a .cmd or .bat file that "starts"
> a separate
> process. Of course <exec/> waits for any new processes to
> finish before it
> moves to the next task.
>
> My batch file, let's call it mybatch.cmd, is nothing but a
> one liner and looks
> like:
> start c:\doit.cmd
>
> I've also tried
> start /separate c:\doit.cmd
>
> and my <exec/> task looks like:
> <exec executable="c:/mybatch.cmd" />
>
> Mybatch.cmd runs, which starts doit.cmd but the <exec/> task
> will not continue
> until doit.cmd and mybatch.cmd is complete (exec.java was
> written this way).
>
> Before I create my own task I thought I would see if anyone
> has any ideas how
> start a separate, independent process using ant.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
