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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33864 Summary: exec task documentation for vmlauncher="false" is misleading ... Product: Ant Version: 1.6.2 Platform: PC OS/Version: Solaris Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: Documentation AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Ant 1.6.2 documentation for the vmlauncher attribute of the <exec> task says: "Run command using the Java VM's execution facilities where available. If set to false the underlying OS's shell, either directly or through the antRun scripts, will be used. Under some operating systems, this gives access to facilities not normally available through the VM including, under Windows, being able to execute scripts, rather than their associated interpreter. If you want to specify the name of the executable as a relative path to the directory given by the dir attribute, it may become necessary to set vmlauncher to false as well." This implies that setting vmlauncher="false" will allow a relative pathname in the executable attribute. However, bug #3129 which is marked as "RESOLVED WON'T FIX", clearly indicates that, on at least some platforms, an absolute path is required in the executable attribute. For me, with vmlauncher="false", a relative path for executable="" is fine on RH Linux, but I'm required to use an absolute path in the executable="" attribute on Solaris 8/9. I would suggest that either a Solaris-specific warning be included (similar to the OS-specific warnings for Cygwin/OpenVMS/Redhat S390) or, maybe better yet, the "trick" of using <property name="executable-full-path" location="../relative/path/to/executable"/> be included in the examples as a way of insuring that <exec executable="${executable-full-path}" ... /> will work properly. Thanks for your consideration, John Shott -- Configure bugmail: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
