HI to all fellow users, My configuration is jdk(1.3.1),Ant(1.6.3),tomcat(4.1) on a windows XP.I want to start the tomcat server(startup.bat).So I used the "exec" task.BUt I get an error which is follows :
==================================================================== prac.xml:82: Execute failed: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: startup.bat error=2 at at ==================================================================== org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.runExec(ExecTask.java:620) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.execute(ExecTask.java:452) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:275) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1216) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1185) at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExec utor.java:40) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1068) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:668) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:187) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:246) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:67) --- Nested Exception --- java.io.IOException: CreateProcess: startup.bat error=2 at java.lang.Win32Process.create(Native Method) at java.lang.Win32Process.<init>(Win32Process.java:61) at java.lang.Runtime.execInternal(Native Method) at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:546) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute$Java13CommandLauncher.exec(Execu te.java:834) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.launch(Execute.java:435) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.execute(Execute.java:449) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.runExecute(ExecTask.java:576) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.runExec(ExecTask.java:617) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecTask.execute(ExecTask.java:452) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:275) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1216) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1185) at org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExec utor.java:40) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1068) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:668) at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:187) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:246) at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:67) ===================================================================== The line 82 is--> <exec dir="tomcat 4.1\bin" executable="startup.bat"/>. Can anyone please tell me how to find a solution for this Exception as I can only write very simple java programs and as such my knowledge of JAVA is limited. Thanks Harshal