That’s not the point. I don’t want to change the build script, I want to change the environment in which it is run.
> On Dec 24, 2020, at 12:48 PM, <apa...@materne.de> <apa...@materne.de> wrote: > > If you know where the executable is located, you could set the "executable" > attribute of <exec>. > Or set the "dir" attribute tot he directory containing the executable you > want to start. > Or provide a nested <env key="Path" .../> element. > > Jan > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Alan Snyder <contagiousarrow...@cbfiddle.com> > Gesendet: Samstag, 19. Dezember 2020 22:46 > An: Ant Users List <user@ant.apache.org> > Betreff: a tricky case of running an executable from an ant build script > > I have an ant script that runs an executable without specifying the full path > of the executable. > > If I run ant from the shell, then it finds the executable on my $PATH, which > is what I want. > (I do not specify searchpath=“true”, so perhaps I do not understand what that > does, or the documentation is wrong.) > > The case of interest is where I perform the build directly within a Java > application process. > When I do this, the $PATH that the build script sees is the $PATH of the > application, and presumably that is the $PATH that is used to find the > executable. > > Unfortunately, if my application is a bundled macOS application, it has a > minimal $PATH: > /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin > > Is there a way that within my application I can configure ant with a > different $PATH to provide to the build script, so that it will find the > executable? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional > commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
