[GROOVY-3084] Groovy scripts can't access the 'args' property anymore to get the arguments from the command line

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6-beta-2
• Fix Version/s: 1.6-rc-1, 1.5.8, 1.7-beta-1
• Component/s: command line processing
• Environment: Mac OS X 10.5, Java 1.6
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Sam Pullara
• Created: 11/Oct/08 16:16
• Updated: 23/Dec/08 05:58
• Resolved: 15/Oct/08 04:55

Description

macpro:~ sam$ cat /tmp/test.groovy
println args

macpro:~ sam$ ~/Software/groovy-1.6-beta-2/bin/groovy /tmp/test.groovy
Caught: groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: args for class: test
at test.run(test.groovy:1)

The exact same thing will work on any previous version of groovy.