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michelle zaremskas wrote:

>I have an Ant task that I am writing which is invoking a Windows Command Line program. An example of the string I am attempting to contruct is:
> 
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>pcli Put -prd:\pvcs\vm\sampledb aC:\test -o -m "My Description"  -v"My Version label" bp/chess/server /chess/server/server.bat /chess/server/shutdown.txt
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The following should work:

<exec executable="pcli">
  <arg value="Put"/>
  <arg value="-prd:\pvcs\vm\sampledb"/>
  <arg value="aC:\test"/> <!-- or "-aC:\test" ? -->
  <arg value="-o"/>
  <arg value="-m"/>
  <arg value="My Description"/> <!-- on windows java.lang.Runtime#Exec() will put " around this -->
  <arg value="-v"/>
  <arg value="My Version label"/>
  <arg value="bp/chess/server"/>
</exec>

The ant api would follow the above:
    execTask = project.createTask("exec");
     Commandline.Argument arg;
    arg = execTask.createArg();
    arg.setValue("Put");
    arg = execTask.createArg();
    arg.setValue("-prd:\pvcs\vm\sampledb");
    arg = execTask.createArg();
    arg.setValue("-o");
    arg = execTask.createArg();
    arg.setValue("-m");
    arg.setValue("My Description")

etc

Peter
  

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>The problem is I am having is that the command line executable will not allow a "space" after the -m parameter and it requires double quotes around the value I am passing.  When I attempt to construct the Command Argument using the ANT API it will either place a space after the '-m' parameter or it will place double quotes around the string like so:  "-mMy Description".  
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>
>Can someone provide me some guidance on how I can correctly construct this string using the Ant API for my ANT task.
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