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    <Exec /> does not give the control back to ant
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<Exec /> does not give the control back to ant

           Summary: <Exec /> does not give the control back to ant
           Product: Ant
           Version: 1.4
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows NT/2K
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Blocker
          Priority: Other
         Component: Core tasks
        AssignedTo: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: sascha.ehrkamp@pixelpark.com


If you try to start a blocking command (e.g. starting tomcat) with the <exec/> 
task, ant will not continue execution until the command has finished.

Also a command like this:
exec executable="cmd" dir="${tomcat.dir}/bin" os="Windows NT">
  <arg line=" /c startup.cmd" />
</exec>
doesn't fix the problem.

If you use a "start" command instead of "cmd" there is no change.

We even tried to use "start" in the "startup.cmd":
A window will popup starting another window and showing the cmd-Shell.
If you exit the cmd with exit, the first window closes, and the command (e.g. 
tomcat) is running in the second window.
But even in this case ant does not get the control back. It blocks!