Re: getting stdout from tasks

[Stefan Bodewig]

Laramie Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Does anyone know how to get stdout from a task (either exec or an
> extension of org.apache.tools.ant.Task) such that I can set a
> property with the output?

Short of writing your onw task? Don't think so.

The easiest way probably is to make the task write the output to a
file (exec has an out attribute for this) and then write a simple task
that reads this file and sets a property from it.

Stefan