Setting env var using ant

[jaki <ja...@infosys.com>]

Is there any task which allows you to set environment variables like
JAVA_HOME using ant?
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Re: Setting env var using ant

[Andrew Goktepe <an...@gmail.com>]

Environment variables available to Ant must be set in the caller's
environment *before* launching the Ant Java process.  So the answer is no,
you cannot set an environment variable within an Ant script the way you
might set one in a shell script.  If you are <exec>ing another command you
can set variables with nested <env>s but that is probably not what you are
looking for.  If you need to compile with different JDKs the "executable"
attribute of <javac> allows for use of different JDK paths.  Most other
things would require <exec> to change JAVA_HOME.

See also:
http://www.nabble.com/Setting-environment-variables-td18781763.html
http://www.jguru.com/forums/view.jsp?EID=1154289

-Andrew

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:32 AM, jaki <ja...@infosys.com> wrote:

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