[GROOVY-7851] groovysh classpath switch not working under Windows

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.6, 2.4.7
• Component/s: Groovysh
• Labels: windows
• Environment: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: David Eisner
• Created: 31/May/16 13:43
• Updated: 04/Jul/22 01:28
• Resolved: 04/Jul/22 01:28

Description

I'm trying to set the classpath for a groovysh session with the classpath switch (e.g. "-cp" or "-classpath"). On Linux (and under Cygwin with an sdkman-installed Groovy), it works fine.

But under Windows (both Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 10 64-bit, installed using the Windows installer) I get this error:

PS C:\> groovysh -cp .
Unrecognized option: -cp
error: jvm creation failed with code -1: unknown error
PS C:\> groovysh -classpath .
Unrecognized option: -classpath
error: jvm creation failed with code -1: unknown error

I'm using the current directory as an example argument, but I get the same error no matter what I try.

In all cases (Linux, Cygwin w/ sdkman, Windows 7 and 10) this is Groovy 2.4.6 with JVM 1.8.0_91). One other thing: the problem occurs whether I'm using PowerShell or cmd.exe.