Maybe a different issue is under this. When I run the same build file directly in cygwin, I get the same error. From the command line it's fine though. Does this make more sense?
________________________________ From: Eric Fetzer <elstonk...@yahoo.com> To: Ant Users <user@ant.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 1:55:32 PM Subject: Calling CYGWIN from Ant in XP I'm trying to call CYGWIN from Ant in XP unsuccessfully. I need to run a shell script from winders that returns a value to me. Tried: <exec dir="C:\cygwin" executable="Cygwin.bat" os="Windows XP" timeout="1000" outputproperty="returnValue"> <arg line="/cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/myuser/myShellScript.sh"/> </exec> I get: BUILD FAILED C:\BuildDeployScripts\testCYGWIN.xml:3: Execute failed: java.io.IOException: Crea teProcess: Cygwin.bat /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/myuser/myShellScript.sh error=2 Any help? Thanks, Eric