How to set the path environment variable from ant script

Question

How to set the path environment variable from ant script

Answer 1

In ant, properties are immutable, so David's suggestion above:

won't work.

But (with the antcontrib-library) variables are mutable, so this works:

NOTE: to use the antcontrib-library download it from here: ANT Contrib - Download

This gets the job done, but seems like a dastardly trick.

So to your specific question, try: