Yes, the exclamation mark was the cause of the problem Evi
>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 8:12 AM >To: user@ant.apache.org >Subject: AW: java.lang.NullPointerException > >Maybe because the exclamation mark is separator according to [1]. >Didnt went deeper into that.... > >Jan > > >[1] >http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/net/JarURLConnection.html > > >>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>Von: Anderson, Rob (Global Trade) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Mai 2006 19:08 >>An: Ant Users List >>Betreff: RE: java.lang.NullPointerException >> >>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] >> >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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]