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The following page has been changed by KenMcKnight: http://wiki.apache.org/ant/AntNewbies The comment on the change is: Posting question #9 re The <exec> type doesn't support the nested "echo" element ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ '''Answer #7''' - Use the <depend> task. It will handle most of what you want. + ---- + ```Question#8``` How can I perform an if-then-else construct for building multiple JARs/WARs within a single build.xml @@ -277, +279 @@ In the <or></or> block I'd like to test if a certain set of filenames exist within a directory and if so populate a fileset that will be built into the jar. + + ---- + + ```Question#9``` Why am I getting: The <exec> type doesn't support the nested "echo" element. + + An offshore developer is getting this strange message: + {{{ + BUILD FAILED + F:\Vitria431\BW431\vant\buildfiles\bwsrc\bme\newbme.xml:22: Following error occured while executing this line + F:\Vitria431\BW431\vant\buildfiles\bwsrc\bme\newbme.xml:123: The <exec> type doesn't support the nested "echo" element. + }}} + + Here's a snippet of the code: + + {{{ + <!-- Small BME --> + <echo message="Smalling bme..."/> + <exec dir="${bwsrc.dir}/bme/commands" executable="makeall"> + <arg line="bmesmall"/> + </exec> + }}} + + The executable "makeall" outputs something like this: + + {{{ + $ makeall bmesmall + Using jvm.lib at "c:\local\jdk1.4.x\lib\jvm.lib" + + Root directory: D:\ws\svn\jedi + Language: en/us, start time: Fri Apr 08 14:34:38 2005 + WARNING! VCDIR not set. I'll try to find C++ stuff. + Building target "bmeSmall" (bwsrc\bme\bmesmall.bld:102) + del D:\ws\svn\jedi\export\bme\modules\ant.jar + del D:\ws\svn\jedi\export\bme\modules\applet.jar + del D:\ws\svn\jedi\export\bme\modules\autoupdate.jar + }}} + + I'm thinking it either has to do with their version of JDK (1.4.1_02) or Ant (they claim it's 1.6.1). Anyone seen this error before? I can't get it to reproduce on my system. + --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
