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Erik Hatcher wrote:

> I just promoted this to a FAQ at jGuru (it takes an hour or so for it to
> appear as an FAQ), but here's a link to the forum entry:
> 
>     http://www.jguru.com/forums/view.jsp?EID=503205
> 
> (answer a few entries down)
> 
>     Erik

Is that this one?

 > To <exec> a command on Windows, you must execute the command shell 
followed by the command you want. For example:
 >
 > <exec executable="cmd">
 > <arg line="/c cls"/>
 > </exec>
 >
 > The '/c' is there to exit the spawned command shell after executing 
the specified command.

It is not quite true. You can execute most commands without executing a 
command shell. The cases where that is not true is where you are trying 
to execute a command.com builtin. Also the example above probably won't 
work - I don't have NT running anymore, but I am pretty sure the above 
won't clear the screen, presumably because it is actually clearing a 
different shell.

Conor