Try changing the line at the top of the ant.bat file to @echo on and see how things look, especially the java command-line that runs Ant. P.S. I've never run 'ant' from a DOS window before, but I just tried it on my NT (all I set was ANT_HOME, no classpath) and it ran fine. Diane --- Viraj Purang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I keep getting this text when I run ant from the command prompt > after > setting the classpath and installing ANT on my PC. > The text resembles the output when you run just java at the command > prompt > which leads me to believe that the .bat file for ant contains java > statements, which are not complete. > The ant however comes up fine when I run it from inside the perl > file > which is attached in the ant ditribution. > Can someone help me out on this ? > Regards, > Viraj Purang > > > > > C:\>ant > Usage: java [-options] class [args...] > (to execute a class) > or java -jar [-options] jarfile [args...] > (to execute a jar file) > > where options include: > -cp -classpath <directories and zip/jar files separated by ;> > set search path for application classes and resources > -D<name>=<value> > set a system property > -verbose[:class|gc|jni] > enable verbose output > -version print product version > -? -help print this help message > -X print help on non-standard options ===== ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
