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would a troubleshooting script be possible to health check installations?

           Summary: would a troubleshooting script be possible to health
                    check installations?
           Product: Ant
           Version: 1.5 alpha (nightly)
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: Wrapper scripts
        AssignedTo: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: steve_l@iseran.com


I was wondering, after the fun of dealing with a slighly messed up ant config 
on a server recently, whether it would be possible to code up a troubleshoot-
ant-installation.{sh,bat,perl,py} routine to sanity check an an ant 
installation.

something on the lines of
-check JAVA_HOME
-verify java lives under JAVA_HOME
-run java to probe for java being on the path
-check ANT_HOME, print it out 
-check for ANT_HOME\bin\ant.whatever
-check for ANT_HOME\bin\lcp.bat

and any other configuration show stoppers that stop ant from starting properly. 
Of course, if we can move away from a startup script at all, almost none of the 
tests are needed 'cept maybe java probing.