[CASSANDRA-11888] cassandra-env.sh may not work properly with jvm args containing a space

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Low
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Local/Config
• Labels: lhf

Environment

linux

• Severity: Low
• Complexity: Low Hanging Fruit
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Russ Hatch
• Created: 24/May/16 20:10
• Updated: 13/Jun/19 18:28

Description

When using the JVM_EXTRA_OPTS environment variable, it looks like there's some cases that may not work if an env var contains a space.

For example, setting:

export JVM_EXTRA_OPTS='-XX:OnOutOfMemoryError="echo oh_no"'

Results in the jvm not starting because the resultant startup command looks to java like it should load a class called oh_no.

Error: Could not find or load main class oh_no

I think this results from the last line of cassandra-env.sh, where it does this:

JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS $JVM_EXTRA_OPTS"