Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-dev-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 24395 invoked from network); 13 Mar 2002 18:03:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 13 Mar 2002 18:03:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 5877 invoked by uid 97); 13 Mar 2002 18:02:56 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 5853 invoked by uid 97); 13 Mar 2002 18:02:55 -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 5825 invoked by uid 50); 13 Mar 2002 18:02:55 -0000 Date: 13 Mar 2002 18:02:55 -0000 Message-ID: <20020313180255.5815.qmail@nagoya.betaversion.org> From: bugzilla@apache.org To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Cc: Subject: DO NOT REPLY [Bug 7046] - Exec doesn't find correct path if using nested ant files. X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, BUT PLEASE POST YOUR BUG RELATED COMMENTS THROUGH THE WEB INTERFACE AVAILABLE AT . ANY REPLY MADE TO THIS MESSAGE WILL NOT BE COLLECTED AND INSERTED IN THE BUG DATABASE. http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7046 Exec doesn't find correct path if using nested ant files. ------- Additional Comments From jbleijen@csc.com 2002-03-13 18:02 ------- Apperantly this is not just a bug, but also a lot of confusion :-) Let me try to explain once more (hopefully I'm am now making sense) -I want to invoke an external program during build process (IRL idlj, here ls.exe to avoid the path problem) -I do not want to use just any idlj, from anyone's path but I want to point to a specific (checked-in) version controlled version. -I use a relative path to this file, since it is not in my path -This seems to work fine while building the subproject -This fails to work if build from the toplevel apperently there is a resolution; to use cmd.exe /c to invoke the ls.exe/idlj.exe file. Maybe this is not a real bug but just undocumented behaviour? However it would seem that if you use a relative path in a buildfile, this is relative to THAT buildfile and not to the buildfile that was called by the user. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: