Re: wondering how i can launch tomcat from ant without ant hanging...

i fixed this same problem by adding spawn="true" to the exec element. i
know this works with with ant 1.6 and above.

Chris Bedford wrote:
> response to goliv@jataayusoft.com
>
> thanks for your post !    I tried the same thing and it does not work
> for me.
> I'm running ant on windows 2k, if that makes any difference...
>
> Here's what i tried, verbatim,  this launches tomcat, then ant waits
> forever:
>
>  <target name="box" >
>         <exec
>             dir="d:/temp/TOMCAT/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/bin/"
>
executable="d:/temp/TOMCAT/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/bin/startup.bat">
>         </exec>
>     </target
>
>
> HOWEVER, I can actually suggest a solution at this point.  It's
> complicated, but it worked for me.
>
> step 1) Download Bill Burton's scripts for launching ant in the
> background.
>    details:
>
http://www.mail-archive.com/ant-use...g/msg23641.html
>
> step 2)
>
> add this target to Bill's script  (you will want to change the path
> names
>  to point to where your tomcat actually lives):
>
>  <target name="exec_tomcat"
>         description="Asynchronous Exec in a New Window">
>     <exec executable="${antRunAsync}"
>         dir="d:/temp/TOMCAT/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/bin/"
>         vmlauncher="false"
>           failonerror="true">
>       <env key="ANTRUN_TITLE" value="${exec_title}" />
>       <arg
line="d:/temp/TOMCAT/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/bin/startup.bat"
> />
>     </exec>
>     <sleep seconds="2" />
>     <echo message="leaving target" />
>   </target>
>
>
> Many thanks to Bill !    he rocks.