The code pieces You pasted are quite lenghty, and most of my experience comes from unix boxes, but I guess there might be a similarity.
<exec executable="cvs" failonerror="true" outputproperty="build.xml. > > version.line"> > <arg line="-d${common.setup.cvsRoot} status > ${app.lar.source.clientpath/${prop.cust.xml.basename}.xml | grep > 'Working'"/> This has no right to do whatever it is You want it to - at least on linux it wouldn't. There's an explanation on the ant website somewhere, so I won't repeat all of it. In brief - if You want to pipe output to another program, You'd have to exec not the command You want, but the command environment. So in my case this usually was something like: <exec executable="bash"><arg line="-c 'do_stuff | do_some_more_stuff'"/></exec> Otherwise the redirection of output/error streams doesn't work. At least that's on linux, but I imagine it will be the same on windows. Besides this, I don't see why You might not be getting what You want. Hope I helped a little. Cheers, Chris 2008/7/25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > > I am having an issue trying to execute the cvs command in an Ant script > using the built in <cvs> task element. In using this, I didn't know how > to place the status information into a property. So, I decided to use the > <exec> task element. Below is the code I am executing: > > <if> > <or> > <equals arg1="${os.name}" arg2="Windows 2000"/> > <equals arg1="${os.name}" arg2="Windows XP"/> > </or> > <then> > <exec executable="cmd" failonerror="true" > outputproperty="build.xml.version.line"> > <arg line='/c "cvs status > ${quote}${app.lar.source.clientpath}/${prop.cust.xml.basename}.xml${quote} > | findstr Working | findstr revision"'/> > </exec> > </then> > <else> > <exec executable="cvs" failonerror="true" > outputproperty="build.xml.version.line"> > <arg line="-d${common.setup.cvsRoot} status > ${app.lar.source.clientpath/${prop.cust.xml.basename}.xml | grep > 'Working'"/> > </exec> > </else> > </if> > <propertyregex property="build.xml.version" > input="${build.xml.version.line}" > regexp="([0-9\.]*)$" > select="\1" > casesensitive="false" > /> > <echo message="XML file version info LINE = > '${build.xml.version.line}'"/> > <echo message="XML file version info = '${build.xml.version}'"/> > > When I run the code, I get the following error: > > cvs.get.wfversion: > [echo] 2008/07/25 09:00:22 Get CVS version information to > generate the wfversion value. > [echo] CVS Get the XML file version info: > '${common.setup.source.clientpath}/Demo/Demo/Demo.xml' > > BUILD FAILED > /scratch/srm/customer/build/CVSTest_ray/CustomerLar_build.xml:1364: > Following error occured while executing this line > /scratch/srm/customer/build/CVSTest_ray/CustomerLar_build.xml:498: exec > returned: 1 > > I have been looking at the Ant book I purchased (Pro Apache Ant) and > several websites for error codes returned from the <exec> task element, > but have come up short. As stated earlier, when I tried to use the <cvs> > task element, I get stuck when I try to place the information into > property. Below is the code using the <cvs> task: > > <if> > <or> > <equals arg1="${os.name}" arg2="Windows 2000"/> > <equals arg1="${os.name}" arg2="Windows XP"/> > </or> > <then> > <exec executable="cmd" failonerror="true" > outputproperty="build.xml.version.line"> > <arg line='/c "cvs status > ${quote}${app.lar.source.clientpath}/${prop.cust.xml.basename}.xml${quote} > | findstr Working | findstr revision"'/> > </exec> > </then> > <else> > <cvs > cvsRoot="${common.setup.cvsRoot}" > command="status > ${app.lar.client.path}/${app.lar.client.source.filename} | grep 'Working'" > failonerror="true" > /> > </else> > </if> > <propertyregex property="build.xml.version" > input="${build.xml.version.line}" > regexp="([0-9\.]*)$" > select="\1" > casesensitive="false" > /> > <echo message="XML file version info LINE = > '${build.xml.version.line}'"/> > <echo message="XML file version info = '${build.xml.version}'"/> > > At this point, I didn't know how to put the info returned into a property. > I know I could send it to a temp file, but I didn't want to add another > step into the process. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Ray Harper, Jr. > Software Engineer II > Wachovia Corporation > 1525 West WT Harris Blvd. Charlotte, NC, 28270 > Tel: 704-427-1717 ? Fax: 704-427-3234 ? Mailcode: NC1077 > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: > The information accompanying this email transmission may contain > confidential or legally privileged information that is intended only for > the use of the individual or entity named in this message. If you are not > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, > copying, distribution or reliance upon the contents of this email is > strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please notify the > sender immediately. >