Hi David, I can only give you the same message I give other people who come to me in person with a problem and solve it while telling me about it. "You're welcome. It happens to me, too." Keep on reading your own posts. And never apologize for a learning tool that works! :-)
Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: David Parks [mailto:davidpark...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:28 AM > To: 'Ant Users List' > Subject: RE: Ant 1.8.3alpha: <exec> task fails to handle quotes within quotes > command lines > > Why do our brains work in such strange ways? I spent hours on this issue, > and 40 minutes writing the email and testing every bit of it was correct. > > Now I received my own email, compulsively re-read it, and the answer just > popped into my head effortlessly. > > Use cmd /C > > Here is a modification of the task that now works using cmd /c to execute the > cygwin bash command line (hence using the exact command-line handling as > I experimented with successfully in DOS). > > <property name="q" value="'" /> > <exec executable="cmd" > dir="${production.config.dir}/${versionName}/WEBSERVER" > inputstring="${host.password}" > outputproperty="debug.exec"> > <arg value="/C" /> > <arg value='${cygwin.dir}\bin\bash.exe -c ${q}read var;expect -d -c > "spawn rsync -aOvz --chmod=Du=rwx,Dg=rx,Do=rx,Fu=rw,Fg=r,Fo=r -e ssh . > davidparks21@192.168.1.15:/tmp/website" -c "expect password:" -c "send > ${var}\r" -c "expect" -c "wait"${q}' /> > <env key="PATH" path="${cygwin.dir}\bin" /> </exec> > > I don't quite know how to thank you, I wouldn't have solved it without you, > but I'm only talking to myself here. I suppose this is natures version of an > infinite loop. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Parks [mailto:davidpark...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:35 AM > To: user@ant.apache.org > Subject: Ant 1.8.3alpha: <exec> task fails to handle quotes within quotes > command lines > > I'm trying to run a command with both single and double quotes through > <exec ...>. I am using last nights build of ant 1.8.3alpha (I should note the > same behavior on 1.8.2). But the arguments appear to be incorrectly passed > to the command line, as per the following demonstration. > > This command runs from a DOS command line perfectly: > > c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -c 'read var;expect -d -c "spawn rsync -aOvz -- > chmod=Du=rwx,Dg=rx,Do=rx,Fu=rw,Fg=r,Fo=r -e ssh . > davidparks21@192.168.1.15:/tmp/website" -c "expect password:" -c "send > ${var}\r" -c "expect" -c "wait"' > > The purpose of the above command is to use rsync over ssh, read the > password off STDIN and use it to script the interactive password requirement > of ssh when used under rsync - without the need for insecure key files or > leaking the password on the command line. > > Last night I built ANT 1.8.3 off SVN and created the following similar > solution > to resounding success using the <sshexec ...> task (again, no insecure key > file, leaked passwords on the command line, or external file > dependencies): > > <input message="Enter username for ${website.host}:" > addproperty="host.username" /> > <input message="Enter password for ${website.host}:" > addproperty="host.password" /> > <sshexec host="${website.host}" trust="true" > username="${host.username}" password="${host.password}" > inputstring="${host.password}" > command='read var; expect -c "spawn sudo chmod u+x > /usr/local/website/bin/start_website" -c "expect ${host.username}:" -c > "send ${var}\r" -c "wait"' /> > > > Below I show the ANT task in question (and a couple of debug echo > statements) with the output. > > I've tried every form of quoting I can think of, and it won't run from ANT. > Here's my best shot. > > Description of the ANT Tasks: > - The first echo outputs the arg line so it can easily be seen in output that > quotes are resolved properly > - the exec calls bash and passes it 2 arguments (-c) and > (the_read+expect_commands), the same as is being done in the command > line shown above that works in DOS > - The output shows nothing from the <exec> command, but ${debug.exec} > shows that something went terribly wrong with the passed arguments. It > appears to have split them even though <arg value=.../> was being used. > > I've tried quoting or not quoting the second argument, escaping quotes, > using the deprecated commandline option, and a host of other things related > to the way quotes are presented. All result in the same or worse scenario. > > =============== > ANT Task > =============== > <property name="qq" value='"' /> > > <echo message='read var;expect -d -c "spawn rsync -aOvz -- > chmod=Du=rwx,Dg=rx,Do=rx,Fu=rw,Fg=r,Fo=r -e ssh . > davidparks21@192.168.1.15:/tmp/website" -c "expect password:" -c "send > ${var}\r" -c "expect" -c "wait"' /> <message="-------------------------" /> > > <exec executable="${cygwin.dir}\bin\bash.exe" > dir="${production.config.dir}/${versionName}/WEBSERVER" > inputstring="${host.password}" > outputproperty="debug.exec"> > <arg value="-c" /> > <arg value='read var;expect -d -c "spawn rsync -aOvz -- > chmod=Du=rwx,Dg=rx,Do=rx,Fu=rw,Fg=r,Fo=r -e ssh . > davidparks21@192.168.1.15:/tmp/website" -c "expect password:" -c "send > ${var}\r" -c "expect" -c "wait"' /> > <env key="PATH" path="${cygwin.dir}\bin" /> </exec> > > <echo message="-------------------------" /> <echo message="${debug.exec}" > /> > > ====================== > And the output is: > ====================== > > [echo] read var;expect -d -c "spawn rsync -aOvz -- > chmod=Du=rwx,Dg=rx,Do=rx,Fu=rw,Fg=r,Fo=r -e ssh . > davidparks21@192.168.1.15:/tmp/website" -c "expect password:" -c "send > ${var}\r" -c "expect" -c "wait" > [echo] ------------------------- > [echo] ------------------------- > [echo] expect version 5.26 > [echo] usage: spawn [spawn-args] program [program-args] > [echo] while executing > [echo] "spawn" > [echo] argv[0] = expect argv[1] = -d argv[2] = -c argv[3] = spawn > [echo] set argc 0 > [echo] set argv0 "expect" > [echo] set argv "" > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional > commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3730 - Release Date: 06/27/11 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional > commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
