The ant manual, of all things, says the following:
    It is highly recommended to avoid the line version when possible. Ant
will try to split the command
   line in a way similar to      what a (Unix) shell would do, but may
create something that is v
   different from what you expect under some circumstances.
   Examples
         <arg value="-l -a"/>
   is a single command-line argument containing a space character, not
separate commands "-l" and "-a".
           <arg line="-l -a"/>
   This is a command line with two separate arguments, "-l" and "-a".

Using a separate <arg value... for each argument makes the space issue to
away.  See the 'exec' task and look for the link to command line arguements.



Peters, John wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I'm trying to pass quotes to the arg line for a parameter that has
> spaces in it.
> I've tried &quot; but that didn't seem to work.
> Also tried "" \".
> Any suggestions?
> 
> <target name="call_tfsbuild" depends="process_proj">
>   <exec executable="${os.tfsbuild}" failonerror="true">
>   <arg line="start ${os.tfsmstr} ${cc.vob} ${cc.proj}
> /msBuildArguments:/p:LabelComment=Label for Build at ${local.time.start}
> " />	
>   </exec>  
> </target>
> 
> 
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