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[JENKINS-1007] Problem with spaces in path names on XP #187
Description
This is a little weird. I got an ant build working fine but I had to define a
property for the build to succeed. As soon as I did the log showed that the path
to ant was now proving to be a problem.
In the first case, this is the command that was executed:
cmd.exe /C "C:\Program Files\eclipse\plugins\org.apache.ant_1.6.5\bin\ant.bat"
-file build.xml && exit %%ERRORLEVEL%%
In the second case this was the command:
cmd.exe /C "C:\Program Files\eclipse\plugins\org.apache.ant_1.6.5\bin\ant.bat"
-file build.xml "-DTOMCAT_HOME=C:\Tomcat\Tomcat 5.5" && exit %%ERRORLEVEL%%
The only difference is the addition of "-DTOMCAT_HOME=C:\Tomcat\Tomcat 5.5", but
this is the error I get:
'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Note that without the property definition I don't get this error.
Originally reported by judge2005, imported from: Problem with spaces in path names on XP
- status: Closed
- priority: Major
- component(s): ant-plugin
- resolution: Fixed
- resolved: 2007-11-18T21:36:34+00:00
- votes: 0
- watchers: 0
- imported: 20251216-182730
Raw content of original issue
This is a little weird. I got an ant build working fine but I had to define a property for the build to succeed. As soon as I did the log showed that the path to ant was now proving to be a problem.
In the first case, this is the command that was executed:
cmd.exe /C "C:\Program Files\eclipse\plugins\org.apache.ant_1.6.5\bin\ant.bat" -file build.xml && exit %%ERRORLEVEL%%
In the second case this was the command:
cmd.exe /C "C:\Program Files\eclipse\plugins\org.apache.ant_1.6.5\bin\ant.bat" -file build.xml "-DTOMCAT_HOME=C:\Tomcat\Tomcat 5.5" && exit %%ERRORLEVEL%%
The only difference is the addition of "-DTOMCAT_HOME=C:\Tomcat\Tomcat 5.5", but this is the error I get:
'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Note that without the property definition I don't get this error.
- environment:
Platform: All, OS: Windows XP
Activity
jenkins-infra-bot commentedon Nov 18, 2007
Raw content of original comment:
2. Otherwise, old behavior is to see if the first character is a quote character and if so, strip the leading character and remove the last quote character on the command line, preserving any text after the last quote character. ------------------------
Also, JDK6 Process implementation for Windows does a lot of rather ad-hoc computation to convert String[] to a single String as required by the CreateProcess API, so Hudson had to work around this problem, too.
This fix is in 1.157.
Fixed in 1.157.
Windows never fail to amaze me when it comes to its handling of processes.
Quoting from "cmd.exe /?"
------------------------
If /C or /K is specified, then the remainder of the command line after
the switch is processed as a command line, where the following logic is
used to process quote (") characters:
1. If all of the following conditions are met, then quote characters
on the command line are preserved:
where special is one of: &<>()@^|
the two quote characters
of an executable file.
2. Otherwise, old behavior is to see if the first character is
a quote character and if so, strip the leading character and
remove the last quote character on the command line, preserving
any text after the last quote character.
------------------------
Also, JDK6 Process implementation for Windows does a lot of rather ad-hoc
computation to convert String[] to a single String as required by the
CreateProcess API, so Hudson had to work around this problem, too.
This fix is in 1.157.