Using ant to detect os and set property

I want to set a property in an ant task differently by os type.

The property is a directory, in windows i want it to be "c:\flag" in unix/linux "/opt/flag".

My current script only works when i run it with the default target, but why ?

    <target name="checksw_path" depends="if_windows, if_unix"/>

<target name="checkos">
    <condition property="isWindows">
        <os family="windows" />
    </condition>

    <condition property="isLinux">
        <os family="unix" />
    </condition>
</target>

<target name="if_windows" depends="checkos" if="isWindows">
   <property name="sw.root" value="c:\flag" />
    <echo message="${sw.root}"/>
</target>

<target name="if_unix" depends="checkos" if="isLinux">
    <property name="sw.root" value="/opt/flag" />
    <echo message="${sw.root}"/>
</target>

In all my ant targets i've added a "depends=checksw_path".

If i run the default target in windows i've got correctly "c:\flag" but if i run a non default target i've got that the debug goes in the if_windows but the instruction " " does not set the property that remains /opt/flag. I'm using ant 1.7.1.

Solution 1:

Move your condition out of the <target />, as your target probably isn't invoked.

 <condition property="isWindows">
                    <os family="windows" />
 </condition>

 <condition property="isLinux">
                    <os family="unix" />
 </condition>

Solution 2:

You need to set value "true" to the property for the if condition to work. See the code below:

<target name="checkos">
    <condition property="isWindows" value="true">
            <os family="windows" />
    </condition>

    <condition property="isLinux" value="true">
            <os family="unix" />
    </condition>
</target>

HTH, Hari

Solution 3:

I used this script, and it worked well for me:

<project name="dir" basedir=".">

  <condition property="isWindows">
    <os family="windows" />
  </condition>

  <condition property="isUnix">
    <os family="unix" />
  </condition>

  <target name="setWindowsRoot" if="isWindows">
    <property name="root.dir" value="c:\tmp\" />
  </target>

  <target name="setUnixRoot" if="isUnix">
    <property name="root.dir" value="/i0/" />
  </target>

  <target name="test" depends="setWindowsRoot, setUnixRoot">
    <mkdir dir="${root.dir}" />
  </target>

</project>

Solution 4:

If you want to set that single property based on the OS, you can set it directly as well without the need of creating tasks:

<condition property="sw.root" value="c:\flag">
    <os family="windows" />
</condition>

<condition property="sw.root" value="/opt/flag">
        <os family="unix" />
</condition>

<property name="sw.root" value="/os/unknown/"/>

Solution 5:

Try setting <sysproperty key="foobar" value="fowl"/> in your java task. Then, in your app, use System.getProperty("foobar");