That is similar to asking javac for keyboad input to quit after compiling.
Workarounds: kill unnecessary processes on your box to allow more cpu time
to ant; upgrade your box :-)
If the user did press <ente> which target would be run then? The previous
or the next in line?
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Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 12:58 PM
Subject: preventing ant exit
>
> hi
>
> i'm new to ant...
>
> was just wondering if there was any reason nobody has added an option to
> run ant in a loop. that is, the only way it seems to run is
>
> $ant compile
> <barf>
> $ant compile
> <barf>
> $ant compile
> BUILD SUCCESSFUL
> $
>
> which is sort of slow on my pc because each time ant has to load
> (impatience *is* one of the three pillars of programming.)
>
> better would be:
>
> $ant compile
> <barf>
> q to quit, enter to continue:
> <barf>
> q to quit, enter to continue:
> BUILD SUCCESSFUL
> q to quit, enter to continue:Q
> $
>
> ?
>
> thanks
> troy
>