Re: Difficulty calling a batch file on windows with - requires use of '.bat' extension

[Bevan Arps <be...@actfs.co.nz>]

Deepak Balakrishna wrote:

> I am uable to call a Windows batch script (say
> test.bat) from ANT by leaving out the '.bat' extension

The ability to leave out .exe or .com actually originates with the
Windows API call "CreateProcess".

I don't believe that Ant does anything except pass through the
executable attribute straight through the JavaAPI to Windows.

How about calling the script iasdeploy.bat on all systems (Solaris
included)? <grin>

Otherwise, I don't have any suggestions.

Cheers,
Bevan.

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Re: Difficulty calling a batch file on windows with - requires use of '.bat' extension

[Diane Holt <ho...@yahoo.com>]

> Deepak Balakrishna wrote:
> 
> I am uable to call a Windows batch script (say
> test.bat) from ANT by leaving out the '.bat' extension

How about setting a "bat" property only on your Windows machines (ie.,
bat=".bat"), then referencing the script as "test${bat}"?  On machines
that don't have ${bat} defined, it should resolve to just "test".  (Sorry
I can't test it to be sure at the moment, but it seems like it should
work.)

Diane


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