Yes, but not directly. You must <exec> something that will return immediately to Ant, while still launching the background process. This involves <exec>'ing the native shell (cmd.exe on most Windows), and using the 'start' command on Windows, and a trailing '&' on *nix. The archives are littered with various solutions along these lines. --DD
-----Original Message----- From: Bob Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 4:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Exec Is there a way to run a native command and have ant exit? For example, I want ant to spawn a program in another window and then exit. Is this even possible with Java's exec? I guess you'd have to have threads running, reading the output streams. Hmmmmm... Thanks, Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
