It looks like Ant is not happy with the exclamation mark in your path "C:\!portaal...". I get the same error when I try to start Ant with an exclamation mark in ANT_HOME. Move Ant to a path without an exclamation mark, reset ANT_HOME and try again.
-Rob Anderson > -----Original Message----- > From: Evi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 8:58 AM > To: 'Ant Users List' > Subject: java.lang.NullPointerException > > Hello, > > I am totally new to ant and have problems with installing it. > Did everything as suggested in installing instruction but get > the following message: > > C:\>ant > java.lang.NullPointerException > at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:201) > at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:67) > > How to proceed? > > Environment is: > > C:\>set > ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users > ANT_HOME=C:\!portaal\Allalaetud > tarkvara\apache-ant-1.6.5-bin\apache-ant-1.6.5 > APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\Evi\Application Data > CI_HOLOS_CLI=C:\Program Files\Seagate Software\Open Olap\ > CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\!portaal\Allalaetud > tarkvara\apache-ant-1.6.5-bin\apach > e-ant-1.6.5\lib\ant.jar > CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files > COMPUTERNAME=EVID600 ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe > HOMEDRIVE=C: > HOMEPATH=\ > JAVA_HOME=C:\Sun\AppServer\jdk > LOGONSERVER=\\EVID600 > NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1 > NWLANGUAGE=ENGLISH > OS=Windows_NT > Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C > :\Program > Files\AT > I Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\Common > Files\Adaptec Shared\Sy > stem;C:\WINDOWS\system32\nls;C:\WINDOWS\system32\nls\ENGLISH;C > :\Sun\AppServe > r\bi > n;Z:.;;C:\!portaal\Allalaetud > tarkvara\apache-ant-1.6.5-bin\apache-ant-1.6.5\bin > > PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH > PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86 > PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 6 Model 9 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel > PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6 > PROCESSOR_REVISION=0905 > ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files > PROMPT=$P$G > SystemDrive=C: > SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS > TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\Evi\LOCALS~1\Temp > TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\Evi\LOCALS~1\Temp > USERDOMAIN=EVID600 > USERNAME=Evi > USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\Evi windir=C:\WINDOWS > WINDOWS_LOGIN=0 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
