Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 7029 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2001 07:07:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO osaka.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.133) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 2 Nov 2001 07:07:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 15456 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2001 07:09:23 -0000 Received: from nagoya.betaversion.org (192.18.49.131) by osaka.betaversion.org with SMTP; 2 Nov 2001 07:09:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 22103 invoked by uid 97); 2 Nov 2001 07:07:08 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 22061 invoked by uid 97); 2 Nov 2001 07:07:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Ant Developers List" Reply-To: "Ant Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 22050 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2001 07:07:07 -0000 X-Authentication-Warning: bodewig.bost.de: bodewig set sender to bodewig@apache.org using -f To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Exec.java does not properly function on NetWare References: From: Stefan Bodewig Date: 02 Nov 2001 08:07:05 +0100 In-Reply-To: "Jeff Tulley"'s message of "Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:58:57 -0700" Message-ID: Lines: 25 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Jeff Tulley wrote: > Forgot to answer one of your questions, Stefan. Don't worry. > Yes, NetWare ships with Perl, version 5 I think. There already is a runant.pl that could replace ant.bat - bootstrap may be a bit more difficult than that (given the problems you describe). > In some of the build scripts (bootstrap.bat mainly), the command, > "rmdir /r" to prune a directory occurs, and is difficult to > implement in Perl, especially given a bug in NetWare's Perl. If you brand it as "NetWare Perl", you could simply use system("") - if NetWare has an OS command to recursively remove directories. I don't think you need to pay too much attention to portability in the scripts that are platform specific by definition. BTW, is NetWare the correct capitalization (just showing my ignorance, I know). If so, condition.html should be patched. Stefan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: