It is heavily intertwined with corporate stuff so I can't. it is a regular 
javac task whose class path is *huge* - the problem I reckon is that the 
command line parameters (which includes the
Classpath) do not fit into the window's command line limit.



       at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1405)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1376)
        at 
org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(DefaultExecutor.java:41)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1260)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:857)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:236)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:287)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:113)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "C:\Program 
Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_144\bin\javac.exe" (in directory "xxxxx"): CreateProcess 
error=206, The filename or extension is too long
        at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1048)
        at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:620)
        at 
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.launcher.Java13CommandLauncher.exec(Java13CommandLauncher.java:58)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.launch(Execute.java:426)
        at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Execute.execute(Execute.java:440)
        at 
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.compilers.DefaultCompilerAdapter.executeExternalCompile(DefaultCompilerAdapter.java:598)
        ... 101 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=206, The filename or 
extension is too long
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:386)
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:137)
        at java.lang.Proc



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Matèrne (jhm) [mailto:apa...@materne.de]
> Sent: 05 August 2018 09:21
> To: 'Ant Users List'
> Subject: AW: [E] Javac: Command-Line Argument Files
> 
> Could you post your buildfile snippet and the build output?
> 
> Jan
> 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Jose M Urena [mailto:jose.ur...@verizon.com]
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 3. August 2018 15:02
> > An: Ant Users List
> > Betreff: Re: [E] Javac: Command-Line Argument Files
> >
> > the following suggestion I have learned for working with Jenkins jobs
> > which can have very long paths for the workspace
> >
> > 1. if you have permission on your computer/server to create windows
> > shares and to run from shared drive, then you could save most of the
> > characters to the left of your path by using PUSHD
> >
> > if your current dir is c:\users\yourname\documents\ which is  28
> > characters then pushd will reduce it to 3, saving you 25 characters
> >
> > net share TEMPSHORTPATH=%CD% /grant:%USERNAME%,FULL pushd
> > \\%COMPUTERNAME%.%USERDNSDOMAIN%\TEMPSHORTPATH
> > ::  call your ant script
> >
> > ant
> >
> > :: leave the temp drive, remove it from windows shares popd net share
> > /delete TEMPSHORTPATH
> > :: confirm share was cleaned
> > net use
> > net share
> >
> > 2. if the issue is with commands under your c:\program files,  like
> > c:\program files\oracle\jdk180\bin\javac you can try using MKLINK to
> > remove spaces and shorten the path  mkdir c:\dev  cd c:\dev  mklink /j
> > jdk "c:\program files\oracle\jdk180"
> >
> > now you can use c:\dev\jdk\bin\javac which is shorter than  c:\program
> > files\oracle\jdk180\bin\javac
> >
> > 3. if you can not use PUSHD, mklink can be used to shorten paths but it
> > is not as short as pushd mkdir c:\dev cd c:\dev mklink /j doc
> > "c:\users\yourname\documents\"
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 6:25 AM Pietro Paolini <
> > pietro.paol...@alfasystems.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am a bit struggling with an build.xml file <javac> task, I haven't
> > > got too much experience with Ant but hopefully my question won't
> > sound
> > > too silly. On a window machine I reach the Command line limit size
> > and
> > > the compiler task fails as "the extension or file name is too long".
> > >
> > > I am wondering if  it could be possible to get advantage of
> > >
> > >
> > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-
> > 3A__docs.oracle.com_j
> > > avase_8_docs_technotes_tools_windows_javac.html-
> > 23BHCJEIBB&d=DwIFAg&c=
> > >
> >
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> xb6NrZ5vl
> > > BTrHBT7lhTNH6uwwINQ&m=LOtmbKv9Pf9JXdG7oo-wOJVmm0DBaI-
> > biSoqKkmRB1Y&s=3d
> > > 6wFJcoY-jzVaYoMjXRGQtLVB4MbjUD6j_Krv55Gp0&e=
> > >
> > > Is there a quick win on that ? I couldn't find much on Google :-(
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Pietro
> > >
> > >
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