Re: [Nant-users] RE: containing " in value (peters@frogware.com)

[Gert Driesen]

Felice,
Separate <arg> elements allows NAnt to
- resolve relative to absolute file paths (when using "file" attribute)
- take care of quoting if necessary (when using "value", "file" or "path" 
attribute)
- conditionally pass certain arguments to the executable (using "if" and 
"unless" attributes)
- automatically expand environment variables (when using the "path" 
attribute)
- ....

Gert
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From: "Felice Vittoria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Gert,
You said:
In the spirit of XML, wouldn't it be reasonable to expect that we could
write:
<exec program="mkdir" commandline="&quot;c:\temp\test 1&quot;"/>
That should ofcourse be possible too, but I'd advise against using the
commandline attribute and use the nested <arg> elements instead.
You can use the "line" attribute of the <arg> element if you want to control
quoting yourself. For example :
<exec program="mkdir">
   <arg line="&quot;c:\temp\test 1&quot;"/>
</exec>
Question:  JOOC, Why do you advise against using the commandline attribute?
Thanks,
Felice
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Hi there,
How can I include " in a value?
ex:
mkdir "c:\temp\test 1"
how to make up the commandline?
<exec program="mkdir" commandline=????? />
Thx
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From: "Gert Driesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Nant-users] containing " in value
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 12:37:39 +0200
Hi,
I've just made some modifications with regards to command line
arguments. In
the next 0.85 nightly build, you'll have the following options
:
1. use the "value" attribute of the <arg> element. The value
will be
handled
as a single command line argument.
for example :
<exec program="mkdir">
   <arg value="c:\temp\test 1" />
</exec>
=> mkdir "c:\temp\test 1"
2. use the "path" attribute of the <arg> element. The value
will be
handled
as a : or ; separated list of paths. Individual parts will be
converted to
an absolute path (resolved relative to project base directory).
for example :
<exec program="mkdir">
   <arg path="test 1" />
</exec>
=> mkdir "<project base dir>\test 1"
Hope this helps,
Gert
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In the spirit of XML, wouldn't it be reasonable to expect that we could
write:
<exec program="mkdir" commandline="&quot;c:\temp\test 1&quot;"/>
That should ofcourse be possible too, but I'd advise against using the
commandline attribute and use the nested <arg> elements instead.
You can use the "line" attribute of the <arg> element if you want to control
quoting yourself. For example :
<exec program="mkdir">
   <arg line="&quot;c:\temp\test 1&quot;"/>
</exec>
This is only available in yesterday's nightly build (if I'm not mistaken).
Hope this helps,
Gert
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