Ralf Hauser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I do
> <exec executable="${shCmd}">
> <arg line='-c "rm *.??.html"'/>
> </exec>
> it works fine.
>
> when I do
> <exec executable="${shCmd}">
> <arg value='-c '/>
> <arg value='"rm '/>
> <arg value='*.??.html'/>
> <arg value='"'/>
> </exec>
Since "rm *.??.html" is a single argument, I suspect you need:
<exec executable="${shCmd}">
<arg value='-c'/>
<arg value='rm *.??.html'/>
</exec>
Let ant worry about the space separating the arguments and quoting the second
argument :-)
Lynne Lawrence
>
> [exec] Current OS is Windows 2000
> [exec] Executing 'C:\cgywin\bin\bash.exe' with arguments:
> [exec] '-c '
> [exec] '"rm '
> [exec] '*.??.html'
> [exec] '"'
> [exec]
> [exec] The ' characters around the executable and arguments are
> [exec] not part of the command.
>
> BUILD FAILED
> file:c:/data/MyDocRalf/build.xml:160: Unable to execute command
> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute$Java13CommandLauncher.exec
> (Execute.java:654)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.launch(Execute.java:417)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.execute(Execute.java:428)
> at
> org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.runExecute(ExecTask.java:329)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.runExec(ExecTask.java:368)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.execute(ExecTask.java:250)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:317)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:309)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:334)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1306)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1250)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:610)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.start(Main.java:196)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java:235)
> --- Nested Exception ---
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
> at java.lang.Win32Process.<init>(Win32Process.java:40)
> at java.lang.Runtime.execInternal(Native Method)
> at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:546)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
> at
> org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute$Java13CommandLauncher.exec(Execute.jav
> a:645)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.launch(Execute.java:417)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.execute(Execute.java:428)
> at
> org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.runExecute(ExecTask.java:329)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.runExec(ExecTask.java:368)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.execute(ExecTask.java:250)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:317)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:309)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:334)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1306)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1250)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:610)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.start(Main.java:196)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java:235)
>
> Total time: 1 second
>
> Any idea why?
>
> I plan to replace the third arg value later with apply's targetfile.
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
> Ralf
>
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