Show the list of supported platforms for <property env=""/>

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18 years ago · f710134d16
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@@ -122,12 +122,11 @@ SYSTEM).
    &quot;.&quot; it will not be doubled. ie environment=&quot;myenv.&quot; will still
    allow access of environment variables through &quot;myenv.PATH&quot; and
    &quot;myenv.TERM&quot;. This functionality is currently only implemented
    on select platforms. Feel free to send patches to increase the number of platforms
    this functionality is supported on ;).<br>
    on <a href="#notes-env">select platforms</a>. Feel free to send patches to increase the
    number of platforms this functionality is supported on ;).<br>
    Note also that properties are case sensitive, even if the
    environment variables on your operating system are not, e.g. it
    will be ${env.Path} not ${env.PATH} on Windows 2000.</td>

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    <td valign="top">classpath</td>
@@ -210,7 +209,57 @@ deploy.url=http://${deploy.server}:${deploy.port}/
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 <a name="notes-env"></a>
 <h3>Notes about environment variables</h3>
 <p>
  Ant runs on Java 1.2 therefore it cant use Java5 features for accessing environment
  variables. So it starts a command in a new process which prints the environment variables,
  analyzes the output and creates the properties. <br>
  There are commands for the following operating systems implemented in
  <a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Execute.java?view=markup">
  Execute.java</a> (method <tt>getProcEnvCommand()</tt>):
  <table>
    <tr>
      <th>OS</th>
      <th>command</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> os/2 </td>
      <td> cmd /c set </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2"> windows </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> * win9x </td>
      <td> command.com /c set </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> * other </td>
      <td> cmd /c set </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> z/os </td>
      <td> /bin/env <b>OR</b> /usr/bin/env <b>OR</b> env   <i>(depending on read rights)</i> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> unix </td>
      <td> /bin/env <b>OR</b> /usr/bin/env <b>OR</b> env   <i>(depending on read rights)</i> </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> netware </td>
      <td> env </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> os/400 </td>
      <td> env </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td> openvms </td>
      <td> show logical </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
 </p>

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