Thanks for this answer. The problem however is that I don't control the code
of the Ant task - I am patching the build system of a big package (Groovy)
to build on Gentoo Linux, so the only thing I can / should modify is the
buildfile. Is there a way to tell the Java code that will be run inside the
task that the current system property "user.home" is set to "bar" ?
Jean-Noel
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Avlesh Singh <avl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > My original question was completely misunderstood
> >
> Probably because you never mentioned the usage inside a custom task.
>
> Use these within you Ant tasks:
> this.getOwningTarget().getProject().getProperty("user.home");
> this.getOwningTarget().getProject().getProperties();
>
> Cheers
> Avlesh
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Jean-Noël Rivasseau <elva...@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hmm. My original question was completely misunderstood. Here is what I am
> > doing:
> >
> > ant -Duser.home="bar"
> >
> > The build file looks like this:
> >
> > <echo message="${user.home}" />
> > <taskdef name="mytask" classname="com.example.Test" />
> > <mytask />
> >
> > Then the code in Test.java goes like this:
> >
> > System.out.println("Property: " + System.getProperty("user.home"));
> >
> > The result of the Ant echo message is what I expected (eg, it prints out
> > bar). However when the mytask task is ran, /home/elvanor is printed
> out...
> > and I need to have the user.home property set for mytask ! Why this
> happens
> > and what can I do about it?
> >
> > Jean-Noel
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Scot P. Floess <sflo...@nc.rr.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > You can echo that property using
> > >
> > > <echo message = "${user.home}"/>
> > >
> > > Its automagically available via the Java system property...
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Scot P. Floess wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Well, user.home is a Java system property. I'm guessing the intent is
> > to
> > >> change that system property internal to the script?
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Avlesh Singh wrote:
> > >>
> > >> If you are trying to read the environment variable "user.home", this
> is
> > >>> how
> > >>> you need to it:
> > >>>
> > >>> <property environment="env"/>
> > >>> <echo message = "${env.user.home}"/>
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers
> > >>> Avlesh
> > >>>
> > >>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Scot P. Floess <sflo...@nc.rr.com>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> Are you trying to set it within your build.xml - like so:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> <property name="user.home" value="alpha"/>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> If so, I don't think that is going to work...
> > >>>>
> > >>>> For example try this out:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> <project>
> > >>>> <property name="user.home" value="alpha"/>
> > >>>> <echo message = "${user.home}"/>
> > >>>> </project>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> When I run this, I get:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Buildfile: build.xml
> > >>>> [echo] /home/sfloess
> > >>>>
> > >>>> However, if I do this:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> ant -Duser.home="bar"
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I get:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Buildfile: build.xml
> > >>>> [echo] bar
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Unless I am wrong, once Ant starts and those default properties are
> > set
> > >>>> (in
> > >>>> this case from Java system properties), it won't be reset to the new
> > >>>> value.
> > >>>> However, doing so on the command line sets it first.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Scot P. Floess wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Just curious - you mention a modified user.home property... How
> are
> > >>>>> you
> > >>>>> modifying it?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Jean-Noël Rivasseau wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Hello,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> I am launching Ant with a modified user.home property. This
> property
> > >>>>>> is
> > >>>>>> apparently not passed down to one of my tasks, defined in a
> taskdef.
> > >>>>>> Why?
> > >>>>>> Does Ant fork a new VM for executing such tasks? In any case, how
> > can
> > >>>>>> I
> > >>>>>> pass
> > >>>>>> this property to the task being executed, it's essential for me.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> I had a look at the source but could not really understand where
> to
> > >>>>>> look
> > >>>>>> to
> > >>>>>> understand how things worked.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Thanks,
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Jean-Noel
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Scot P. Floess
> > >>>>> 27 Lake Royale
> > >>>>> Louisburg, NC 27549
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 252-478-8087 (Home)
> > >>>>> 919-890-8117 (Work)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate
> > >>>>> Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Scot P. Floess
> > >>>> 27 Lake Royale
> > >>>> Louisburg, NC 27549
> > >>>>
> > >>>> 252-478-8087 (Home)
> > >>>> 919-890-8117 (Work)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate
> > >>>> Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
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> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >> Scot P. Floess
> > >> 27 Lake Royale
> > >> Louisburg, NC 27549
> > >>
> > >> 252-478-8087 (Home)
> > >> 919-890-8117 (Work)
> > >>
> > >> Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate
> > >> Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim
> > >>
> > >> Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros
> > >>
> > >>
> > > Scot P. Floess
> > > 27 Lake Royale
> > > Louisburg, NC 27549
> > >
> > > 252-478-8087 (Home)
> > > 919-890-8117 (Work)
> > >
> > > Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate
> > > Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim
> > >
> > > Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros
> > >
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