How can I redirect ant exec task output to both a file and stdout?

Question

I am using the ant (1.8.2) exec task to start a child process. I need the output of the child process to be shown as part of the normal ant console output, but also be captured in a file.

Answer 1

You need the redirector

Since Ant 1.6.3 it has an option called alwayslog.

Use it like this:

<exec executable="mycommand">
   <redirector output="myfile.txt" alwayslog="true"/>           
</exec>