Ray, Please read http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/manual/install.html (See note in "Installing Ant" section)
Under Windows 98 you will need to install Ant into a short filename. I suggest D:\Ant. This bypasses known limitations in Win98's "for" batch command. Cheers Conor > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Tayek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 31 December 2001 9:57 AM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: .bat file for ant > > > At 08:54 AM 12/30/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Why are you not simply using ant.bat that comes with the Ant > distribution? > > never could make that work. if i try running that ant.bat, i get: > > D:\usr\ray\java\testAnt>d:\java\jakarta-ant-1.4\bin\ant.bat > "C:\jdk1.3.1_01\bin\java" -classpath > "C:\jdk1.3.1_01\lib\tools.jar;d:\classpath" > -Dant.home="D:\java\jakarta-ant-1.4" org.apache.tools.ant.Main > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > org/apache/tools/ant/Main > > > >Put ANT_HOME/bin in your path and simply type 'ant'. > > trying that (along with the homes) gets a: > > D:\usr\ray\java\testAnt>ant > "C:\jdk1.3.1_01\bin\java" -classpath > "C:\jdk1.3.1_01\lib\tools.jar;d:\classpath" > -Dant.home="D:\java\jakarta-ant-1.4" org.apache.tools.ant.Main > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > org/apache/tools/ant/ > Main > > when autoexec.bat is: > PATH C:\jdk1.3.1_01\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\WIN98RK > set CLASSPATH=d:\classpath > :: ant stuff > set ANT_HOME=D:\java\jakarta-ant-1.4 > set JAVA_HOME=C:\jdk1.3.1_01 > set PATH=%PATH%;%ANT_HOME%\bin > SET PATH=C:\Perl\bin\;%PATH% > > seems like it can't work without an explicit classpath to a jar in some > cases. but then it seems to want to have these homes defined. > very strange. > > thanks > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Ray Tayek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 8:26 AM > >Subject: .bat file for ant > > > > > > > hi, using: > > > > > > set JAVA_HOME=C:\jdk1.3.1_01 > > > set ANT_HOME=D:\java\jakarta-ant-1.4 > > > java -cp D:\java\jakarta-ant-1.4\lib\ant.jar;. > org.apache.tools.ant.Main > > > > > > in a batch file to run the ant sample. works fine. but the same file > > > running from a different directory gets a: > > > > > > D:\java\java_xml_pack-fall01\jaxp-1.1.3\examples\SAXTagCount>java -cp > > > D:\java\jkarta-ant-1.4\lib\ant.jar;. org.apache.tools.ant.Main > > > Buildfile: build.xml > > > > > > compile: > > > [javac] Modern compiler is not available - using classic compiler > > > [javac] Compiling 1 source file > > > > > > BUILD FAILED > > > > > > > D:\java\java_xml_pack-fall01\jaxp-1.1.3\examples\SAXTagCount\build.xml:28: > > > Cannot use classic compiler, as it is not available A common > solution is > >to > > > set the environment variable JAVA_HOME to your jdk directory. > > > > > > anybody have a clue as to why he is confused? > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > --- > > > ray tayek http://home.earthlink.net/~rtayek/ > > > orange county java users group http://www.ocjug.org/ > > > want privacy? http://www.freedom.net/ > > > hate spam? http://samspade.org/ssw/ > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- ray tayek http://home.earthlink.net/~rtayek/ orange county java users group http://www.ocjug.org/ want privacy? http://www.freedom.net/ hate spam? http://samspade.org/ssw/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
