Can't in a sub-build

[George McKInney]

I am unable to call an executable from a "sub-build" xml file on Solaris. As
a test I wrote two .xml files, each of which calls "ls"; the main .xml runs
fine, the sub .xml returns -1. ***AND*** with "Windows" mods (changing "ls"
to "dir" ) THE MAIN BUILD FAILS, BUT I CAN REVERSE THE "depends" args, and
the sub-build "dir" works. Any suggestions would be appreciated.


My main build file is:

<project name="snv_build_tester" default="all" basedir=".">
  <target name="localsat" >
    <echo message="Starting executable"/>
    <echo message="BASEDIR is/was ${basedir}"/>
    <exec executable="/usr/bin/ls"
            output="LS.TXT"
            failonerror="yes"
            dir="${basedir}" >
    </exec>
  </target>

  <target name="satcall" >
    <echo message="Calling subdirectory ant file. "/>
    <ant antfile="satbuild.xml"
        dir="satdir"
    />
  </target>
  <target name="all" depends="localsat, satcall" >
        <echo message="BASEDIR is/was ${basedir}"/>
  </target>
</project>


satdir/satbuild.xml (called from the build file above is:

<project name="snv_subbuild_tester" default="all" basedir=".">
  <target name="subdirsat" >
    <echo message="Starting executable"/>
    <echo message="basedir is ${basedir}"/>
    <echo message="ant.home is ${ant.home}"/>
    <exec executable="/usr/bin/ls"
            output="LSsubdir.TXT"
            failonerror="yes"
            dir="${basedir}"
             >
    </exec>
  </target>

  <target name="all" depends="subdirsat" >
  </target>
</project>

And the output I get is:

Ant version 1.3alpha compiled on January 22 2001

Buildfile: satbuild.xml
Detected Java Version: 1.2
Detected OS: SunOS
Project base dir set to: /u02/vss/middletier_ant/dev
Build sequence for target `all' is [localsat, satcall, all]
Complete build sequence is [localsat, satcall, all]

localsat:
     [echo] Starting executable
     [echo] BASEDIR is/was /u02/vss/middletier_ant/dev
     [exec] Myos = SunOS
     [exec] /usr/bin/ls
     [exec] Output redirected to /u02/vss/middletier_ant/dev/LS.TXT

satcall:
     [echo] Calling subdirectory ant file.
Project base dir set to: /u02/vss/middletier_ant/dev/satdir
Project base dir set to: /u02/vss/middletier_ant/dev/satdir
Build sequence for target `all' is [subdirsat, all]
Complete build sequence is [subdirsat, all]

subdirsat:
     [echo] Starting executable
     [echo] basedir is /u02/vss/middletier_ant/dev/satdir
     [echo] ant.home is /u02/vss/middletier_ant/dev/..
     [exec] Myos = SunOS
     [exec] /usr/bin/ls
     [exec] Output redirected to
/u02/vss/middletier_ant/dev/satdir/LSsubdir.TXT

BUILD FAILED

/u02/vss/middletier_ant/dev/satdir/satbuild.xml:13: Exec returned: -1

Total time: 0 seconds
>

???

My investigation stems from trying to fork a java task in a sub-build file.





George McKinney, Developer
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