oops: remove the final '^' at the end of ur _CP_ otherwise this won't work. seb.
Sebastien BLANC wrote: > try the following under DOS: > > set ANT_HOME=D:\jakarta-ant-1.5.1 > then > echo %ANT_HOME% > > if this does work then no reason why this should not work into a batch file; it not, >then write this line into ur ant.bat file and skip (rem) the lines that do the 'if >exist "%ANT_HOME%" goto' check. > > ur script can be as simple as follows: > > set _CP_=%ANT_HOME%\lib\ant.jar^ > %MAVEN_HOME%\repository\jaxp\jars\jaxp-1.2.jar;^ > %MAVEN_HOME%\repository\xml-apis\jars\xml-apis-2.0.2.jar;^ > %MAVEN_HOME%\repository\xalan\jars\xalan-2.3.1.jar;^ > %MAVEN_HOME%\lib\commons-logging-1.0.1.jar;^ > > rem move MAVEN_HOME to watever is the correct path > > set JAVA_HOME=C:\jdk1.3.1 > > %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -Xmx256m -classpath %JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar;%_CP_% >-Dlog4j.configuration=log4j.properties org.apache.tools.ant.Main %* > > then u may want to add the ant.bat path into ur %PATH% which seems to work in ur >case. > > seb. > > Jim Cobban wrote: > > > I have downloaded and unzipped the ant 1.5.1 package. I have set ANT_HOME and >JAVA_HOME as described in the installation instructions. However no matter what I >set ANT_HOME to when I type ant I get: > > > > ANT_HOME is set incorrectly or ant could not be located. Please set ANT_HOME. > > > > The environment variables are: > > > > D:\MyPrograms\JavaProgs\CensusServlet\ReadXls>set > > ANT_HOME=D:\jakarta-ant-1.5.1 > > JAVA_HOME=C:\jdk1.3.1 > > PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\JDK1.3.1\BIN;D:\JAKARTA-ANT-1.5.1\BIN > > > > There is only one thread I can see on this subject in the archives, it peters out >with a suggestion that the problem might be the backslash, but changing this to a >forward slash makes no difference. > > > > When I turn echo on I find that execution of ant.bat merrily flows right through >the 'if exist "%ANT_HOME%" goto' statement, even though the directory definitely >exists. Moreover when I experiment I find that it does not matter WHAT I put in the >"if exist" statement control flows through. Does "if exist" even work on Win98? > > > > I would really like to use ant. It is a real pain to have to keep editting the >shell scripts that I am using to compile my applications. > > > > Jim Cobban [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 34 Palomino Dr. > > Kanata, ON, CANADA > > K2M 1M1 > > +1-613-592-9438 > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
