I am running javac task using ant and I send the output to a log file using -Xstdout compiler argument for reporting purposes, but I would like the output also still being send to the console so hudson can capture it for on screen review.
Is there a way for this to be done?
Just came across another alternative using the recorder task.
Nearer as you don't have to introduce new targets.
<compile >
<record name="log.txt" action="start"/>
<javac ...
<record name="log.txt" action="stop"/>
<compile/>
use the ant task with an output attribute to call a target that has the javac task.
e.g.
<target name="javac" depends="libs" description="Compile java source">
<mkdir dir="${classes.dir}" />
<ant target="actual-javac" output="javac.log"/>
</target>
<target name="actual-javac">
<javac .../>
</javac>
</target>
you can use tee on any process on the command line to output to the console and a file:
>myprocess.sh | tee myprocess.log
will print the output of myprocess.sh both to the console and myprocess.log.