I am trying to run an executable; however, I keep getting stumped on one
part. I am able to run the executable correctly, but there is a point in
this executable that prompts the user for a password (and then asks them to
confirm it again). I want to send this through the Ant task, but nothing I
use works.
details:
<target name="createInstance" >
<!-- simple property to be used which will name the instance (assume
"instance1" is entered) -->
<input message="Enter the instance name"
addproperty="instanceName"/>
<!-- calls the 'createinstance.bat' file and provides the input from
the arg line -->
<exec inputstring="password" dir="d:/oracle/OAS10g/bin"
failonerror="true" executable="cmd" os="Windows XP">
<arg line="/C createinstance.bat -instanceName
${instanceName}"/>
</exec>
</target>
So this reads the arg line well, but it always errors out because nothing is
entered for the password. Here is the output:
Creating OC4J instance "instance1"...
Set OC4J administrator password for "instance1" (password text will not be
displayed as it is entered):
Error creating new OC4J instance: OC4J administrator's password is null.
I Guess I need to know exactly how 'input' and 'inputstring' attributes can
be used with the exec task - I have not seen any examples anywhere that use
these attributes.
