Question

Im doing an ant build, the command i use is

ant clean compile war

and apache ant is included in the path too,

c:\apache-ant-1.8.2\bin;

This is my PATH variable:

PATH=C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WIN
DOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\Program Files\
System Center Operations Manager 2007\;C:\Java\jdk1.6.0_26\bin;C:\apache-ant-1.8
.1\bin

Now i get this error message,

'"java.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Answer 1

c:\apache-ant-1.8.2\bin needs to be in your system PATH so that the shell can find it. Your classpath is irrelevant for this purpose.

You can add it at the prompt:

set PATH=%PATH%;c:\apache-ant-1.8.2\bin

And you should be able to run ant.

But you want to persist this change so you don’t need to type this every time. To do so you’ll need to add it to the list of system or user variables. Follow the directions from here:

1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Click Environment variables.
4. Click one the following options, for either a user or a system variable:
   • Click New to add a new variable name and value.
   • Click an existing variable, and then click Edit to change its name or value.
   • Click an existing variable, and then click Delete to remove it.

In step 4, add ;c:\apache-ant-1.8.2\bin to the end of the value, being careful to note the semicolon which seperates this new entry from the preceding PATH elements.