On Wed, 08 Nov 2006, Chris Mattmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # ln -fs /path/to/test/testfiles/* /path/to/test/linkdir/ > > It appropriately creates 2 symlinks, one for each file, in the > linkdir directory. However, when I try to run this command using > Ant's exec task, I can't seem to get it to work. I end up getting a > link within /path/to/test/linkdir/ to a file named "*" which points > to /path/to/test/testfiles/*. Could you guys tell me what I am doing > wrong? Is this a bug with Ant? Or the expected behavior?
It is the expected behavior (and your question is one that should go to the user instead of the dev list, BTW). Your Unix shell expands the * to all matching file before handing them off to ln. Since Ant doesn't use the shell in between, ln "sees" the * and not the files. I don't know why you think <exec> would be better than <symlink> in this case, but if you want to go with the exec family, <apply> is your best choice here. Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
