At 10:59 28/11/00 -0800, Jose Alberto Fernandez wrote: >As promissed, here is a first shot at geting the environment and propagating >it properly during the <exec*> operations. > >The patch modifies Execute.java which is the lowest level. Added a new >attribute to ExecTask "newenvironment='true'" if you do not want propagation. > > Added attribute "environment='prefix'" to <property/> to indicate to load the > properties from the environment: > > > <property environment="ant.env" /> > > I have tested <property> which calls the methods on Execute to do the job, so > most should be tested at this point. But I only have NT, someone needs to > verify other environments and in particular set the correct values for the >command on the MAC if there are any.
Okay finally I finally downloaded cygwin (It *is* a great environment) and applied patch. I had to mod it to work under windows 9x. Could everyone else have a look at Execute.getProcEnvCommand() for their respective environment. Cheers, Pete *-----------------------------------------------------* | "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, | | and proving that there is no need to do so - almost | | everyone gets busy on the proof." | | - John Kenneth Galbraith | *-----------------------------------------------------*
