Ok, I tried it it doesn't help I need this exact line:
cscript ..\ConfigFiles\EpiMgr.vbs -P ""
But what I get is this, for the first example you gave,
[exec] cscript '..\ConfigFiles\EpiMgr.vbs -P ""'
Execute:CommandLauncher: cscript '..\ConfigFiles\EpiMgr.vbs -P ""'
and this for the second.
[exec] cscript ..\ConfigFiles\EpiMgr.vbs -P '""'
Execute:CommandLauncher: cscript ..\ConfigFiles\EpiMgr.vbs -P '""'
In both cases -P is wrong either ""' or '""'
Now, I have solved my immediate problem by changing the vbs script but my
concern is what happens
if in future projects I try to exec something where I don't have the source
code, and I can't construct the right parameters. I'll be forced to do it
indirectly through a bat file but that would be kind of un-elegant.
Best regards.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: N. J. O'Neill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 3:57 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: How to escape "
>
>
>
> OK, after a bit of testing and RTFM it looks like you might
> want to use the
> 'value' attribute instead of the 'line' attribute. That is,
>
> <exec executable="cscript">
> <arg value='..\ConfigFiles\EpiMgr.vbs -P ""'/>
> </exec>
>
> If this fails, you might want to try separating out the
> arguments like this
>
> <exec executable="cscript">
> <arg value='..\ConfigFiles\EpiMgr.vbs'/>
> <arg value='-P'/>
> <arg value='""'/>
> </exec>
>
>
>
> The problem you are encountering may just be a documentation
> error. Ant is
> applying undocumented parsing rules to the 'line' attribute
> that are not
> consistent with its definition as "a space-delimited list of
> command-line
> arguments." In particular, it is treating quotes as delimiters.
>
>
> --Neil
>
>
>
> >No it doesn't work, I need -P "" but it comes out as -P
> >see below...
> >
> ><exec executable="cscript">
> > <arg line='..\ConfigFiles\EpiMgr.vbs -P ""'/>
> ></exec>
> >
> >[exec] cscript ..\ConfigFiles\EpiMgr.vbs -P
> >Execute:CommandLauncher: cscript ..\ConfigFiles\EpiMgr.vbs -P
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: N. J. O'Neill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 11:24 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: How to escape "
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >Use:
> > > >
> > > ><arg line="-h -f "something" -m -l"/>
> > > >
> > > >Diane
> > >
> > >
> > > But for sanity's sake, how about:
> > >
> > > <arg line='-h -f "something" -m -l'/>
> > >
> > >
> > > --Neil
> > >
>
