>>>>> "JG" == Jesse Glick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JG> However, if the "dir" attribute is simply omitted, then it does JG> not make any attempt to change the working directory with the JG> understanding that you don't care--if you need the command to be JG> run in any particular directory, you should pass e.g. dir=".". I JG> presume you intend that a missing dir should instead equal JG> dir="." and that this is why you did not commit the change to JG> ExecTask. I don't think anybody has defined it this way or the other. Your interpretation might be even closer to the intent of the original authors (dir was listed as a required attribute in the docs, but this was not enforced by the task). What do others think? If the user omits the dir attribute, does that mean "I don't care" or "use basedir"? JG> Stefan Bodewig wrote: >> I'm not sure, that user.dir holds an absolute path on every JDK. I >> hope it does JG> I hope so too...if it does *not* hold an absolute path, then it JG> would be pretty tautological. True. Stefan
