Thanks for testing it. After I posted, it started
working on my Win2000 box as well so it's strange.
Actually, this is not a new problem for me; I've run
into it several times over the last couple of years.
On windows, sometimes it works and sometimes it
doesn't. I thought that this time it was finally
reproducable but no dice. Oh well, it remains a
mystery. Thanks again.
-jason
--- "Dick, Brian E." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It works on XP.
>
> --- rant.bat
>
> setlocal
> set foo=bar
> call ant
> echo on
> Endlocal
>
> --- build.xml
>
> <project>
> <property environment="env"/>
> <echo>env.foo is ${env.foo}</echo>
> </project>
>
> --- output
>
> C:\Projects\My Tools>rant
>
> C:\Projects\My Tools>setlocal
>
> C:\Projects\My Tools>set foo=bar
>
> C:\Projects\My Tools>call ant
> Buildfile: build.xml
> [echo] env.foo is bar
>
> BUILD SUCCESSFUL
> Total time: 0 seconds
>
> C:\Projects\My Tools>endlocal
>
> C:\Projects\My Tools>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 2:34 PM
> To: user@ant.apache.org
> Subject: Problem with Environment Variables on
> Win2000
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I've written an ant script on Linux and I'm now in
> the
> process of trying to run it on windows and I've hit
> a
> snag. My general strategy is to launch ant on linux
> from a shell script in which I set several
> environment
> variables like so:
>
> export MY_VAR=foo
>
> I than access these values through ant using the
> <property environment="env"/> mechanism. On linux
> things work fine but when I port my shell script to
> a
> bat file there are problems. I am unable to access
> the value of (for example) MY_VAR even though I've
> set
> it in the bat file like so: SET MY_VAR=foo. I've
> noticed that I am able to access 'standard'
> environment variables (eg, Path) but the ones I set
> explicity in the bat file which launches ant aren't
> recongised. Should this work? Is there some work
> around? If anyone could set me straight, I'd
> appreciate it.
>
> -jason
>
>
>
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