Hi,
I tried it too. It doesn't work -nested args are ignored- :(
I forgot to say that I'm running ant in java 1.5.
I changed ant's libs (I used again ant 1.6) and args work (arg line arg
value, it doesn't matter). But I need to use ant 1.7 :/
2008/4/28, David Weintraub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> 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!
> >
>
>
>
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> --
> David Weintraub
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