executing jar files

[deepa manchepalli]

how do i write an ant build file that does the following:

java -jar abc.jar -o c:\xyz <filename>

-o and <filename> are arguments to abc.jar

Thanks,
Deepa.

[Dirk Schreckmann]

Welcome to JavaRanch, deepa!

With just a quick look through the Ant Manual, I was able to figure out how to do this.

<project name="example - run jar"  default="run-jar" basedir=".">
  
  <target name="run-jar">
    <java jar="Foo.jar" fork="true">
      <arg value="-o"/>
      <arg value="c:\xyz"/>
      <arg value="filename"/>
    </java>
  </target> 
  
</project> 

[ July 25, 2004: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]

[deepa manchepalli]

Thanks Dirk! I figured it but was unable to post the reply with code (i did use

... 

). I am running into classpath problems but you confirmed the script.

Thanks again,
Deepa.