What if you used the <arg value="xx"/> instead of <arg line="xx xx xx"/>?
That is: <exec executable="chmod" timeout="${timeout}" failonerror="true"> <arg value="-R" <arg value="${dirMask}" <arg value="${path}"/> </exec> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 3:20 AM, Xavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I'm migrating an app from Ant 1.6.1 to Ant 1.7.0, and I have problems > with exec tasks. Ant execute task without passing arguments to process! > > For example, I have this task definition: > > <project name="permision" default="permision" basedir="."> > > <property name="timeout" value="120000" /> > > <target name="permision"> > > <echo message="Modify directories permissions ${path}, mask > ${dirMask}" /> > > <exec executable="chmod" > timeout="${timeout}" > failonerror="true"> > > <arg line="-R ${dirMask} ${path}" /> > > </exec> > > <echo message="Modify files permissions ${path}, mask > ${fileMask}" /> > > <exec executable="/data/bin/ant/permisions.sh" > timeout="${timeout}" > failonerror="true"> > > <arg line="${path} ${fileMask}" /> > > </exec> > > </target> > > </project> > > An easy one, and works ok with Ant 1.6, as you can see in logs: > > (...) > 23 Apr 2008 17:31:10 [INFO ] Modify directories permissions > /data/servers/ftp, mask 755 > 23 Apr 2008 17:31:10 [DEBUG] Task "echo"finished > 23 Apr 2008 17:31:10 [DEBUG] Task "exec" started > 23 Apr 2008 17:31:10 [DEBUG] Current OS is AIX > 23 Apr 2008 17:31:10 [DEBUG] Executing 'chmod' with arguments: > '-R' > '755' > '/data/servers/ftp' > > The ' characters around the executable and arguments are > not part of the command. > 23 Apr 2008 17:31:10 [DEBUG] Execute:Java13CommandLauncher: Executing > 'chmod' with arguments: > '-R' > '755' > '/data/servers/ftp > > The ' characters around the executable and arguments are > not part of the command. > 23 Apr 2008 17:31:10 [INFO ] > (...) > > > With Ant 1.7.0 I get this log: > > 24 Apr 2008 15:49:42 [DEBUG] Task "echo" started > 24 Apr 2008 15:49:42 [INFO ] Modify directories permissions > /data/servers/ftp, mask 777 > 24 Apr 2008 15:49:42 [DEBUG] Task "echo"finished > 24 Apr 2008 15:49:42 [DEBUG] Task "exec" started > 24 Apr 2008 15:49:42 [DEBUG] Current OS is AIX > 24 Apr 2008 15:49:42 [DEBUG] Executing 'chmod' > The ' characters around the executable and arguments are > not part of the command. > 24 Apr 2008 15:49:42 [DEBUG] Execute:Java13CommandLauncher: Executing > 'chmod' > The ' characters around the executable and arguments are > not part of the command. > 24 Apr 2008 15:49:42 [INFO ] Usage: chmod [-R] [-f] [-h] {u|g|o|a ...} > {+|-|=} {r|w|x|X|s|t ...} File ... > 24 Apr 2008 15:49:42 [INFO ] chmod [-R] [-f] [-h] OctalNumber File ... > 24 Apr 2008 15:49:42 [INFO ] Changes the permission codes for files or > directories. > 24 Apr 2008 15:49:42 [ERROR] Task "exec" finished with error (null) > 24 Apr 2008 15:49:42 [ERROR] Target "permision" finished with error (null) > /data/bin/ant/permisions.xml:8: exec returned: 255 > at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.runExecute(ExecTask.java:636) > at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.runExec(ExecTask.java:662) > at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.execute(ExecTask.java:487) > at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor16.invoke(Unknown Source) > at > > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:618) > at > org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:105) > at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348) > at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357) > at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385) > at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1329) > at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1298) > at > > org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41) > at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1181) > at com.sbd.hardist.util.ant.AntProcess.execute(AntProcess.java:157) > > Ant task isn't receiving parameters! > > This task are executed using Ant's java api. If I execute task manually, all > goes ok too. And if I use deprecated <exec command, all goes fine too! > > Someone have an idea what's happening here? Thanks in advance! > -- -- David Weintraub [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]