> > Is this a fundamental problem in Ant or is there some work-around? > > It is not a "fundamental problem in Ant" as much as a design > choice some made > when they originally wrote the java task. You could argue that it was the > wrong choice but thats a different thing.
I didn't mean to slight the Ant developers (I love the thing). I should have said a fundamental limitation, mean something designed in. > A solution for you may > be to modify > java task and then taskdef it like Do you mean write a custom task that extends the java task? I'll add it to my todo list and post the code if/when it gets done, Kevin Jones Developmentor www.develop.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Donald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 14 November 2001 23:18 > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: Command line input > > > On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 00:37, Kevin Jones wrote: > > Thanks, > > > > I hoped that wasn't the case :-( > > A solution for you may > be to modify > java task and then taskdef it like > > <taskdef name="xjava" classname="com.biz.ant.MyCustomJava" /> > > However I don't think there is a way to do it without writing a > custom task. > > > > Kevin Jones > > Developmentor > > www.develop.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: 14 November 2001 08:53 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Command line input > > > > > > On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Kevin Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What am I missing? > > > > > > Ant currently swallows all input sent to programs run via <java> or > > > <exec> and friends. There is nothing you can do about it, sorry. > > > > > > Stefan > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For > additional commands, > > > e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > Cheers, > > Pete > > When a stupid man is doing something he's ashamed of, he always > declares that it is his duty. > George Bernard Shaw > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>