[CONTINUUM-231] Spaces in PATH env variable stop plexus.bat from running

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-alpha-3
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-alpha-4
• Environment: Windows XP
• Assignee: Jason van Zyl
• Reporter: Mark Gaylard
• Created: 14/Jul/05 23:03
• Updated: 07/Apr/15 18:29
• Resolved: 17/Jul/05 22:26

Description

If the PATH environment variable has spaces in it, you get NoClassDefFound exceptions when running plexus.bat.

The solution is to put quotes around the -Dplexus.system.path=%PATH% segment of the startup command.

ie:
%PLEXUS_JAVA_EXE% %PLEXUS_OPTS% classpath %PLEXUS_HOME%\core\boot\classworlds*.jar "-Dclassworlds.conf=%PLEXUS_HOME%\conf\classworlds.conf" -Dplexus.core=%PLEXUS_CORE% -Dplexus.system.path=%PATH% -Djava.io.tmpdir=%PLEXUS_TMPDIR% -Dplexus.home=%PLEXUS_HOME% org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher %PLEXUS_CMD_LINE_ARGS%

becomes

%PLEXUS_JAVA_EXE% %PLEXUS_OPTS% classpath %PLEXUS_HOME%\core\boot\classworlds*.jar "-Dclassworlds.conf=%PLEXUS_HOME%\conf\classworlds.conf" -Dplexus.core=%PLEXUS_CORE% "-Dplexus.system.path=%PATH%" -Djava.io.tmpdir=%PLEXUS_TMPDIR% -Dplexus.home=%PLEXUS_HOME% org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher %PLEXUS_CMD_LINE_ARGS%