Re: env.COMPUTERNAME not working in linux

2008-02-26 Thread Ramu Sethu
6, 2008 2:53:25 PM > Subject: Re: env.COMPUTERNAME not working in linux > > > There > really > isn't > a > standard > environment > variable > name > for > storing > the > system > name > on > the > various > flavors > of > Unix

Re: env.COMPUTERNAME not working in linux

2008-02-26 Thread Chuck Holzwarth
From: David Weintraub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ant Users List Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 2:53:25 PM Subject: Re: env.COMPUTERNAME not working in linux There really isn't a standard environment variable name for storing the system name on the various flavors of Unix

Re: env.COMPUTERNAME not working in linux

2008-02-26 Thread David Weintraub
There really isn't a standard environment variable name for storing the system name on the various flavors of Unix. This is usually set when users log in. Some shells do set the environment variable HOSTNAME, but not all. Even on Windows, the environment variable COMPUTERNAME cannot be trusted beca

Re: env.COMPUTERNAME not working in linux

2008-02-26 Thread Gilbert Rebhan
Hi, Samuel Monsarrat wrote: >> Is COMPUTERNAME only for windows? Is there any workaround to print the >> hostname(Linux)? >> > Indeed yes COMPUTERNAME is a Windows standard env variable that does not > exist on linux. env. is dangerous in a multi-os build system, as you > are accessing the

Re: env.COMPUTERNAME not working in linux

2008-02-26 Thread Vijay Aravamudhan
Is COMPUTERNAME only for windows? Is there any workaround to print the hostname(Linux)? The end of that statement is misleading - are you looking for the hostname or the host OS? Or is your machine named 'Linux'? Vijay Ramu Sethu wrote: Hi We have a build script which runs in both windows

Re: env.COMPUTERNAME not working in linux

2008-02-26 Thread Samuel Monsarrat
Ramu Sethu wrote: Hi We have a build script which runs in both windows and Linux m/c. Recently i added property to print the computer name of the m/c in which the script runs. Is COMPUTERNAME only for windows? Is there any workaround to print the hostname(Linux)? Indeed yes COMPUTERNAME is a

Re: env.COMPUTERNAME not working in linux

2008-02-26 Thread Peter Reilly
>From a console, run the command "env" to see the environment variables. On unix/linux the env variable "HOSTNAME" is normally used to get the name of the computer. (Although on my current machine this is "localhost.localdomain"). Peter On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Ramu Sethu <[EMAIL PROTEC

env.COMPUTERNAME not working in linux

2008-02-26 Thread Ramu Sethu
Hi We have a build script which runs in both windows and Linux m/c. Recently i added property to print the computer name of the m/c in which the script runs. In windows everything is fine. Ant sets the property to the hostname in windows. But in Linux it prints the hostname like "${env.COMPUTERN