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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32523

           Summary: manual specifies the wrong way to read PATH
           Product: Ant
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
               URL: http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/exec.html
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Documentation
        AssignedTo: dev@ant.apache.org
        ReportedBy: Brian.Gruber@morganstanley.com


The manual page for the exec task says that:
<exec ... >
  <env key="PATH" path="${java.library.path}:${basedir}/bin"/>
</exec>

adds ${basedir}/bin to the PATH of the system command.

But java.library.path doesn't contain the PATH of the system command.  The way
to do this seems to be <property environment="foo"/>, after which you can use
${foo.PATH}.  That seems to deserve a mention on the exec page, as it is likely
that someone setting environment variables will want to read them as well.

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