The property you should set on the command line is do.delete not validargs. Run ant like this...
ant target -Ddo.delete=y That should prevent the input task from prompting you. -Rob Anderson > -----Original Message----- > From: Res Pons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:27 PM > To: user@ant.apache.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How to pass property? > > hi > > I'm hoping someone could help with this. I've tried > everything else and can't pass the argument to the input task > at the dos prompt or run time. > Eventually, i need to add it to Anthill. thanks for your help > > c:\>ant target -Dvalidargs=y > > it does not work and I still get a prompt to input y or n. > -Dvalidargs='y' > doesn't work either > > > > > <input > message="All data is going to be deleted. Continue?" > validargs="y,n" > addproperty="do.delete" > /> > > _________________________________________________________________ > View Athlete's Collections with Live Search > http://sportmaps.live.com/index.html?source=hmemailtaglinenov0 > 6&FORM=MGAC01 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]