Thanks for the insight! I’ll test using a shorter path (e.g., D:\kafka\) to see if it resolves the issue.
On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM Subra I <iamsubra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought this issue has been there for a long time on Windows. I see a > similar issue too while starting kafka on Windows if the path is too long. > > In my setup I have short path names. Ex: D:\kafka\. > > If I have longer paths like (D:\myuser\project1\kafka), it gives me an > error similar to what you mentioned. > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM Ukpa Uchechi <ukpauchec...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I’m working on adding Windows support for the quickstart section of the > > Apache Kafka documentation. While testing the Windows batch file ( > > .\bin\windows\kafka-storage.bat), I encountered an error: > > > > (call :concat > > "C:\Users\HP\Downloads\kafka_2.13-3.9.0\libs\scala-library-2.13.14.jar") > > The input line is too long. The syntax of the command is incorrect. > > > > Environment: > > > > - OS: Windows 11 > > - Java: 23.0.1 (Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, build 23.0.1+11-39) > > - Kafka Version: 3.9.0 (Scala 2.13) > > > > It seems that the issue might be caused by a Windows command length > > limitation. Unfortunately, I’m not familiar with batch scripting, so I’m > > unsure how to fix this. > > Questions: > > > > 1. Has anyone else experienced this before? > > 2. Is there any guidance on how this could be resolved? > > > > I’d appreciate any help or suggestions on how to proceed. If you need > more > > details, please let me know. > > > > Thank you, > > Uchechi. > > >
