Running ant from a batch file: Later commands don't run

Question

I have a batch file that runs ant and then copies one of the files that were produced:

ant -Dproject.version=1.1.2 release published
copy /Y D:\\dir1\\MyJar.         


        

Answer 1

When you call one batch file from another (which is not always clear) you're supposed to use CALL (or call), otherwise it works more like goto and doesn't return back to the caller. Is ant actually a batch file ant.bat? This should work then:

CALL ant -Dproject.version=1.1.2 release published

Answer 2

I had the same problem once and the magic call did it.

In that batch file of yours try:

call ant -Dproject.version=1.1.2 release published
copy /Y D:\dir1\MyJar.jar   D:\dir2\MyJar.jar

Cannot tell you why it worked, though. Guess it's Microsoft logic.