[GROOVY-3955] Parsing of groovy(c) command-line arguments is too fragile

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7-rc-2
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.3
• Component/s: command line processing
• Environment: Mac OS, Ubuntu
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Peter Niederwieser
• Created: 21/Dec/09 12:02
• Updated: 09/Jun/13 05:36
• Resolved: 09/Jun/13 05:36

Description

Tried to call 'groovy' with two command-line args: -c and -cp.

First, -cp isn't mentioned in the help (when typing 'groovy' alone).
Second, -cp must be given first, or a parsing error occurs. This sort of behavior is very hard to understand for a user (I had almost given up when I found this).

Issue Links

• relates to: GROOVY-1525 "groovy -help" doesn't mention -cp option (also groovysh, groovyconsole etc.)