I'm surprised Andy's suggestion did not work, as it is the equivalent of
placing quotes around the individual arguments. Two things you could look
into: First, are you sure the java app you are running (com.abc.a in the
example) can handle spaces in filenames, and the bug is not in the program
itself? Second, have you tried inserting your own quotes into the argument
value, e.g. <arg line="'@{type} @{configDir}'"/> (note the single quotes
inside the doubles)? For instance, if com.abc.a uses the exec command
improperly, these might help. Looking forward to hearing your final
solution.
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:13 AM, Vivek Payala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Thanks Andy for your response. Unfortunately, modifying the arguments as
> per
> your suggestion didn't help.
>
>
>
> As I described earlier, even though <arg line="@{type} @{configDir}"/> is
> mentioned the same way (without multiple <arg line statements), and if
> @{configDir} contains the directory path without spaces, the build is
> successful. Only when @{configDir} contains spaces the build fails.
>
>
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>
> Thanks,
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Stevens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 4:24 AM
> To: Ant Users List
> Subject: Re: Build fails when 'java' task's "arg line" contains a directory
> path with spaces
>
>
>
> 2008/9/29 Vivek Payala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Our build fails while executing the following task. It fails only when
> the
>
> > application is installed in a directory having space.
>
> >
>
> > <java classname="com.abc.a" failonerror="true" fork="yes"
> maxmemory="512m"
>
> > errorproperty="runerror">
>
> > <jvmarg value="-server"/>
>
> > <arg line="@{type} @{configDir}"/>
>
> > <classpath>
>
> > <path refid="client.classpath.lib"/>
>
> > </classpath>
>
> > </java>
>
> >
>
> > If the @{configDir} directory does not have spaces then the build
> succeeds.
>
> > We have tried specifying @{configDir} in "", '', but it didn't work.
>
>
>
> Instead of
>
> <arg line="@{type} @{configDir}"/>
>
> how about using
>
> <arg value="@{type}"/>
>
> <arg value="@{configDir}"/>
>
> instead? As the docs say, value "can contain space characters" while
>
> line is "space-delimited" and "It is highly recommended to avoid the
>
> line version when possible." I don't see anything that says you can
>
> only have a single nested arg element.
>
>
>
>
>
> Andy.
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