Doesn't BEA supply Ant tasks that do the same things that you can do from this console?
-Rob A > -----Original Message----- > From: Shay Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 5:06 PM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: Looking for an Ant Task > > > :) sorry, wasn't trying to be confusing. > > The program I'm using is the WebLogic console program called > WLST. It's basically a shell program for WebLogic which > allows you to do things like deploy and undeploy > applications. An example use is to start the program, log > in, enter edit mode, deploy an application, save and then > exit. After each command I need to parse the output to > verify the step was successful before writing the next command. > > Using Telnet to connect to a remote machine, or the local one > for that matter, allows me to do this because the Telnet task > allows for multiple read/writes in a single runtime where the > <exec> task only allows for 1 write and the 1 read which is > the end result. > > This script is used for testing on multiple machines, some of > which it will be run on locally, and I'd prefer not to have > to tell everyone that uses it that they have to turn on a > telnet server just to run it locally. For now, Windows is > the only OS I'm concerned about. We are using Ant 1.6.3 and > some version of the contrib library. > > Thanks, > Shay > > Rhino wrote: > > I've just reread your question for the third time and I still don't > > think I get it. It sounds to me like you are "talking around" the > > problem, not describing the actual problem. > > > > What exactly are you trying to do? You're talking about needing > > "multiple reads and writes" but I haven't a clue WHAT you > are trying > > to read or write. > > > > What specific command-line program are you trying to use here? Why > > does your solution for remote machines not work for local machines? > > > > And what's wrong with the telnet solution you describe if > it gets the > > job done? Is it just not elegant enough? It's perfectly > valid to find > > a more elegant solution if the one you have is clunky; I'm > just trying > > to figure out if the existing solution works at all or if > you in big > > trouble because you can't get something to work at all, even badly. > > > > What operating system are you on and which Ant version are > you using? > > That can make a difference to the answer sometimes. > > > > -- > > Rhino > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shay Thompson" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <user@ant.apache.org> > > Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 6:13 PM > > Subject: Looking for an Ant Task > > > > > >> > >> I'm trying to find an Ant task that will let me work with a > >> command-line program with multiple read/writes. > >> > >> The problem I've run into is how to communicate with this program > >> locally. For remote servers, I can use the <telnet> Ant task to > >> telnet to the remote machine, start up the and send the commands. > >> Locally, there's no Ant task that I know of which can do *multiple > >> *reads and writes to a program/shell/console. > >> > >> The only solution I've found so far is to actually telnet into the > >> local machine, which allows me to use the <telnet> Ant task. > >> > >> An example of what I mean: > >> > >> <read>myprompt:</read> > >> <write>dosomething</write> > >> <read>Response from dosomething</read> <write>dosomething2</write> > >> <read>Response from dosomething2</read> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Shay > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> ... hey, it works on my machine. > >> > >> Shay Thompson - Lead Computer Scientist Adobe Systems, > Inc. - Titan > >> Core QE > >> Voice: x34728 or 612.251.5415 > >> > >> > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------- > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: > > 03/03/2006 > > > > > > > > -- > > ... hey, it works on my machine. > > Shay Thompson - Lead Computer Scientist > Adobe Systems, Inc. - Titan Core QE > Voice: x34728 or 612.251.5415 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
