> From: Diane Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- Jose Alberto Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1) add an attribute for <echo> to write to a file. Or have an > > <writefile> task. > > the idea is to be able to create small files based on > the values of > > different properties. > > You can already do that using <exec> with executable="echo". >
This is not a portable solution. "echo" as an executable file may be available in some OSs but not in all. Nevermind the overhead of creating a complete new process just to print some lines. > > 2) Add an attribute to the <exec> task to allow the process > to run in > > the background, independently of ANT > > Can you give an example of what you'd use that for? > I need to be able to start background processes, my server side code, so that I can then execute clients against it, for testing. This seen like a fairly basic functionality to have if we want to be able to test complex situations. Jose Alberto > Diane > > ===== > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/ >
