Hi -- I wish to report a bug in your batch file ant.bat with regards to
Windows9x. I'm running a Windows98 SE installation here and when I
downloaded Ant, I put it in C:\Ant and inserted in my autoexec.bat file in a
path statement C:\Ant\Bin and also a
SET ANT_HOME=C:\ANT as per your instructions. But when (after rebooting my
system) I went into the dos window and typed ant with no arguments just to
test it out, I get about 9 Out of Environment Space error messages and one
Bad command or file error message.
I believe these errors stem from 2 things about Windows9x:
1. In Windows9x, you cannot set environmental variables in a batch file
other than the autoexec.bat file and then, if you do set some environmental
variable in Windows9x, you must reboot your system for the change to take
effect. So, any change that you make in a batch file would be lost in, say,
ant.bat.
2. In Windows9x, you cannot use the word CALL in a batch file as it is
NOT part of the DOS used by Windows9x. CALL was introduced in WindowsNT.
So, for example, if you say:
for ... call ... or
if exists call .....
these are illegal constructs in Windows9x DOS.
I do have a question though -- Has anyone constructed a batch file that will
run on Windows9x for Ant?? If so, please let me know where I can download
it.
Sincerely,
Allan J Horwitz, M.Sc.
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