FTP files using ant

[PNS Subramanian]

Need to ftp files using ant
Have the following jar files in the classpath
ant.jar
ant-commons-net.jar (Is this the same as commons-net.jar ?)
optional.jar
jakarta-oro-2.0.7.jar

Let me know if anything more is needed.
I get a comment saying
"Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon."

Would appreciate any help in this regard

[Paul Sturrock]

(Is this the same as commons-net.jar ?)

Well, no. ant-commons-net.jar contains common network task definitions. They rely on commons-net.jar for the actual network functionallity.

Also - I don't know which version of Ant you are using, but doesn't ant-commons-net come from 1.6+ whereas optional.jar is pre1.6?

[somkiat puisungnoen]

Originally posted by PNS Subramanian:
Need to ftp files using ant
Have the following jar files in the classpath
ant.jar
ant-commons-net.jar (Is this the same as commons-net.jar ?)
optional.jar
jakarta-oro-2.0.7.jar



Would appreciate any help in this regard

ant.jar have in all version of ANT.

In Ant 1.6.1 have ant-common-net.jar and ant-jakarta-oro.jar.

In Ant 1.5.3 have optional.jar.

ant-commons-net.jar (Is this the same as commons-net.jar ?)

Sure, it's same.

Let me know if anything more is needed.
I get a comment saying
"Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon."

What version of your ANT ?


Description of common-net.jar

ftp, rexec and telnet tasks
jakarta-oro 2.0.1 or later is required in any case together with commons-net.
For all users, a minimum version of commons-net of 1.2.2 is recommended. Earlier versions did not support autodetection of system type or had significant bugs.

Description of jakarta-oro.jar

regexp type with mappers and the perforce tasks
To use the FTP task, you need jakarta-oro 2.0.1 or later, and commons-net

[PNS Subramanian]

Thanks for your responses.
Well, guess ant version had a role in my being unable to ftp files.
I used NetCommons.jar(with optional.jar) and was able to ftp files - this i understand is a pre-1.6 version of ant.

[Paul Sturrock]

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ant-commons-net.jar (Is this the same as commons-net.jar ?)
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Sure, it's same.

Ehm, not its not. Which is why (if you check the distribution of Ant 1.6+) you'll see you get both ant-commons-net.jar (which contains the taskdefs) and commons-net-*.jar which supplies the functionality the tasks use.
[ September 21, 2004: Message edited by: Paul Sturrock ]

[Daniel Mayer]

Originally posted by Paul Sturrock:

ant-commons-net.jar (which contains the taskdefs)

Which in prior versions could be found in optional.jar.