To run a .bat file on Windows you need to start the command shell and have it run the .bat. I would assume that the executable would be something like cmd. IIRC there is a thread on this list that talks about the exact same issue.
HTH Bill -----Original Message----- From: Rhino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 2:45 PM To: Ant Users List; Harshal Chavda Subject: Re: problem with exec task Harshal, "Error=2" from Windows means "file not found". You can find the full set of all of the Windows error codes at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/library/en-us/debug/base/system_erro r_codes.asp?frame=true. You have either misspelled the name of the file or, more likely, you have failed to specify the correct path to the file. Double-check the spelling of both the "dir" and "executable" parameters to see if they are exactly correct. I see that your "dir" parameter is missing the drive letter, colon, backslash and maybe a directory level or two before 'tomcat4.1'; if you put the rest of the path there, you may find that your exec task works fine. Then again, maybe not. I just tried starting Tomcat on my computer via an Ant task that was written the same way as yours, only I put the full path in the 'dir' parameter; it didn't work and I got "error=2", just like you. So, if fixing the parameters along the lines I suggested don't work, choose one of the following two approaches: [Approach 1] <property name="tomcat.path" value="D:\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24\bin" description="The path to the startup script."/> <property name="start" value="startup.bat" description="The name of the startup script."/> <target name="start_tomcat" description="Start Tomcat."> <exec executable="${tomcat.path}\${start}" os="Windows XP" failonerror="true" description="Starting Tomcat."/> </target> [Approach 2] <property name="tomcat" value="D:\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24\bin\startup.bat" description="The path to the startup script."/> <target name="start_tomcat" description="Start Tomcat."> <echo message="Starting Tomcat...."/> <exec executable="${tomcat}" os="Windows XP" failonerror="true" description="Starting Tomcat."/> </target> One of those two approaches should work for you. There may be other approaches that will work too. -- Rhino ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harshal Chavda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <user@ant.apache.org> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 2:10 PM Subject: problem with exec task 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/251 - Release Date: 04/02/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/251 - Release Date: 04/02/2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
