Yes, java.home works. I see that I am definitely not the first person to experience it.
Thanks, Dom. -----Original Message----- From: Dominique Devienne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 4:15 PM To: Ant Users List Subject: Re: java task question for ant 1.6.5 On 10/27/06, Jeff Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The reason I don't want to use <apply> is that I have to qualify the > executable path. Otherwise, for some yet unknown reason, ant executes > /usr/bin/java rather than the one in the PATH. And, of course, > /usr/bin/java, is not appropriate. Both <exec> and <apply> have a 'resolveExecutable', but only <exec> seems to have a 'searchpath' attribute. But if ${java.home}/bin/java below works, it's absolute so this problem becomes moot. > I gave ${jre.home} a try and it didn't get resolved. I looked but didn't > see where I had to change anything else. I just assumed jre is a built > in property namespace. Bad assumption? Ah, it may be ${java.home} you need to use. I might (again) to wrong, but I vaguely recollect using ${java.home}/bin/java. --DD See also http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4200300 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
