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From: "=?iso-8859-1?B?TWljaGHrbCBTbWl0aA==?=" <news_michael@hotmail.com>
To: ant-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: Re: Possible bug - Problem with exec and dir attribute
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 17:06:53 +0100
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I haven't done either of the two options you specify (give the full path OR 
have it in the path) and it DOES work for me.  The only thing I had to do 
was create a dummy batch file and put it in my working directory.

Regards,
Micha�l

>Michael,
>
>I am attaching a report I submitted to Sun about this problem and their
>reply. The short answer is that you need to give the full path to your
>executable or have it in your PATH for the exec to work
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------.
>
>Hi Conor MacNeill,
>
>The evaluation of your bug report has been completed.
>
>The problem you encountered is not a bug, and the output
>is the expected behavior of runtime.exec.
>
>If you have further question about this issue, please let us know.
>
>Thank you for taking the time to report this problem.
>
>----------------- Original Bug Report-------------------
>
>category : java
>subcategory : classes_lang
>release : 1.3
>type : bug
>synopsis : runtime.exec is inconsistent when passing a working directory
>description : java version "1.3.0"
>Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
>Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)
>
>Runtime.exec is a little inconsistent in how it finds the given executable
>command, when provided a working directory. Consider the following setup:
>A current directory with a batch file, super.bat
>A subdirectory, subdir with a batch file sub.bat
>
>If I execute, through Runtime.exec, super.bat with either a null working
>directory or a directory of ".", it functions fine. If I try to execute
>sub.bat
>in subdir, however, it fails without an exception. Strangely, if I try to
>execute super.bat in subdir, it fails in a different way and without an
>exception. Finally, passing the full path to sub.bat and executing in
>subdir
>works.
>
>The following Java code illustrates this behaviour (you will need to create
>the
>batch files as appropriate):
>
>import java.io.*;
>
>public class Test {
>     public static final void main( String[] args ) {
>         execCommand("super.bat", null);
>         execCommand("super.bat", new File("."));
>         execCommand("sub.bat", new File("subdir"));
>         execCommand("super.bat", new File("subdir"));
>
>         File subbatFile = new File("subdir/sub.bat");
>         execCommand(subbatFile.getAbsolutePath(), new File("subdir"));
>     }
>
>     static private void execCommand(String command, File dir) {
>         System.out.println("------------------------------------");
>         System.out.println("Executing " + command + " in " + dir);
>         System.out.println("------------------------------------");
>         Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
>         byte[] buffer = new byte[2048];
>         try {
>             Process process = runtime.exec(new String[] {command},
>                                            new String[0], dir);
>             InputStream is = process.getInputStream();
>             int bytesRead;
>             while ((bytesRead = is.read(buffer)) != -1) {
>                 System.out.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
>             }
>             System.out.println("++++++++  Standard Error  ++++++++++");
>             is = process.getErrorStream();
>             while ((bytesRead = is.read(buffer)) != -1) {
>                 System.out.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
>             }
>         }
>         catch (Exception e) {
>             e.printStackTrace();
>         }
>         System.out.println("====================================");
>     }
>}
>workaround : The command to be executed should either be specified exactly,
>or exist on the
>user's path. In the end, if this doesn't work, it shouldn't work for all
>scenarios where the full path is not specified.
>suggested_val :
>dateCreated : 2001-01-17 05:17:26.6
>dateEvaluated : 2001-01-17 10:03:04.898
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Micha�l Smith" <news_michael@hotmail.com>
>To: <ant-user@jakarta.apache.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 12:37 AM
>Subject: Possible bug - Problem with exec and dir attribute
>
>
> > I'm trying to execute a batch file with the following:
> >
> >         <exec dir="../../common/common/build" executable="test.bat"
> > os="Windows 2000"/>
> >
> > I'm noticing some very weird behavior.  It fails unless I have a file
> > test.bat in my current directory.  When I have the test.bat locally, the
> > build succeeds and does in fact run the correct batch file (I changed
>them
> > to echo different messages so I could verify which one is run).  When I
> > rename the test.bat that is in my local directory then the build stops
> > working.  I reproduced this with several different batch files so I'm
>sure
> > it's not a coincidence.
> >
> > Very strange.  I'm using the latest build, Jan 22.  Has anyone else seen
> > this problem?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Micha�l
> >
> >
> > 
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