Running ant script from within scala program

Question

I tried

val cmd = sys.process.Process(Seq("C:\apache-ant-1.9.3\bin\ant", "everythingNoJunit"), new java.io.File(scriptDir))

cmd.lines

and got this error:

CreateProcess error=193, %1 is not a valid Win32 application

How do I run the ant script from within scala app?

Can you run ANY command? If you start with something simple, such as the examples in the documentation, you can then mutate it step by step into what you want. — Bob Dalgleish, Apr 16 '14 at 15:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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The basic answer is that your should be using "ant.bat" instead of "ant" on a windows machine as in this answer

In addition to that, I would suggest using a non-windows styled path so you don't have to escape the backslashes:

val cmd = sys.process.Process(Seq("/apache-ant-1.9.3/bin/ant.bat", "everythingNoJunit"), new java.io.File(scriptDir))

Using this approach, I'm able to run an an ant target successfully when my scala application is also in "c:".

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered Apr 16 '14 at 17:01

n0741337

Thanks also for the tip on backslashes! – s.t.nguyen Apr 16 '14 at 18:00
Glad it worked for you. I had fun starting a web server from within a Scala application in Eclipse and seeing the messages in the console ( I used `cmd.run` instead ). – n0741337 Apr 16 '14 at 18:29

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