From donaldp@mad.scientist.com Thu Aug 17 00:19:33 2000 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact ant-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list ant-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 13671 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2000 00:19:33 -0000 Received: from senate7.tec.rp.latrobe.edu.au (root@131.172.242.121) by locus.apache.org with SMTP; 17 Aug 2000 00:19:33 -0000 Received: from donalgar (d326-ps0-mel.alphalink.com.au [202.161.105.72]) by senate7.tec.rp.latrobe.edu.au (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA01721 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:15:55 +1000 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000817101946.009c81e0@latcs2.cs.latrobe.edu.au> X-Sender: pjdonald@latcs2.cs.latrobe.edu.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:19:46 +1000 To: ant-user@jakarta.apache.org From: Peter Donald Subject: Re: How to use $ in a ANT exec command In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N At 05:35 16/8/00 -0400, you wrote: >I am having a similar problem; I'm trying to use a $ literal in an exec >command. '$$' does not work--it causes the remainder of the indentifier >(after the $) to evaporate (results observed using echo). I am using Ant >1.1. Try downloading a nightly snapshot. It works now - I am not sure when it was "fixed" Cheers, Pete *------------------------------------------------------* | "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want | | to test a man's character, give him power." | | -Abraham Lincoln | *------------------------------------------------------*