On Sat, 3 May 2025 12:19:54 GMT, Eirik Bjørsnøs <eir...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Oleksii Sylichenko has updated the pull request incrementally with one
>> additional commit since the last revision:
>>
>> 8353489: replace `echo.` with `echo/`
>
> test/jdk/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/Basic.java line 1843:
>
>> 1841:
>> //----------------------------------------------------------------
>> 1842: try {
>> 1843: String[] cmdp = Windows.is() ? new String[]{"cmd", "/c",
>> "echo/"} : new String[]{"echo"};
>
> A future maintainer without intimate familiarity with Windows commands and
> syntax would probably appreciate a short comment explaining the command
> chosen.
Would a comment with the following text be sufficient:
In Windows CMD (`cmd.exe`), `echo/` outputs a newline (i.e., an empty line).
Wrapping it with `cmd.exe /c` ensures compatibility in both native Windows and
Cygwin environments.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23933#discussion_r2072388153
