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Re: task <java ...fork= "true " >: from which directory is the java
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Re: task <java ...fork= "true " >: from which directory is the java
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2004-01-20       - By Antoine Levy-Lambert

Rudolf Nottrott wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have an Ant <java...> task that runs a database program named
> org.hsqldb.Server, see below.  The argument  to the Server is a
> database name, "-database testxyz".  The database testxyz.* is
> supposed to be taken from (or created in) the directory you were in
> when you issued the Java command that started the database Server.  
> Now, I didn't start Java -- I started Ant which started Java.
>
> Here is the task:
> <target name="hsqldb" description="Start the HSQLB sample database">
>    <java classname="org.hsqldb.Server" fork="true" failonerror="true"  
> maxmemory="128m" >
>       <arg value="-database testxyz"/>
>       <classpath><pathelement
> location="${lib.home}/hsqldb.jar"/></classpath>
>     </java>
> </target>
>
> The server starts up ok, but I'm not getting the database I want,
> testxyz, and so I'm trying to verify  the directory from which the
> Java command of task <java ...> was issued.
> Any ideas on how trace this?  Is there perhaps some task like "print
> working directory" that I could run in conjunction with the <java ...
> > task?
>
>
You probably want 2 arguments :
<arg value="-database"/>
<arg value="testxyz"/>

Antoine

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