see Ant Manual / core tasks / exec task outputproperty errorproperty resultproperty
example = <exec executable="${plinkexec}" resultproperty="rc.activate" failonerror="false"> <arg line="[EMAIL PROTECTED] -batch -i ${web.ppk} cd ${web.eartarget}/${order.project.name}/${lum}; ${kshscript.prefix} activate ${project} ${lum} ${zipfile} ${earfile} " /> ... and later in script check the Returncode: <if> <not> <equals arg1="${rc.activate}" arg2="0" /> </not> <then> <echo>+++ RC Shellscript != 0 +++${line.separator} !!</echo> <fail /> </then> </if> Regards, Gilbert -----Original Message----- From: Maninder Singh (GR/EIL) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 1:05 PM To: user@ant.apache.org Subject: How to execute and assign the output of a command to a property on runtime. Hi All, I am novice to Ant. How do I execute a command from within Ant and then assign the value to a property at run time? Thanks in advance for the help. Regards, Maninder Singh --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]