The task is used to decrypt a previously encrypted password value.

Attributes

The task supports Build Extensions Debugging Attributes, as well as, its own task specific attributes. Click on a link for more information on the common attributes.

The following table describes the task specific attributes for the task:

Task Specific Attributes
Attribute Description Required
password Previously encrypted password value. Refer to setPassword for more information. Yes
property Name of the Ant property in which to return the plain-text password value. Yes
verbose Specifies more message output. The default is false. No

Notes

Examples

Substitute TSO userid and password prior to submitting a job 

<!-- Archive init -->
<xt:getpassword password="${jcl.password}" property="pwd"/>

<!-- Archive APAR -->
<copy file="${archiveJcl}" tofile="${dir.work}/ArchiveApar.jcl" overwrite="true">
  <filterchain>
    <replacetokens>
      <token key="USERID"   value="${jcl.userid}"/>
      <token key="PASSWORD" value="${pwd}"/>
      <token key="APAR"     value="${ims.build.ant.aparName}"/>
    </replacetokens>
  </filterchain>
</copy>

<!-- Obscure the password -->
<ac:var name="pwd" value="********"/>