Re: [wildfly-dev] Windows Batch Scripts
The problem with spaces in the path on Windows always surfaces one way or another. I think
we need better automated testing for the scripts.
I agree with Stan, switching to .exe is a bad idea.
On 17/05/2013 14:29, ssilvert(a)redhat.com wrote:
On 5/16/2013 9:51 PM, James R. Perkins wrote:
> Hello All,
> There was an issue found with the Windows batch scripts if the JBOSS_HOME path had a
space
> or a ) in it. I created a fix and PR to fix the issue [1].
>
> If anyone has any good or better ideas on how to make this cleaner please let me
know. We
> are toying with the idea of just using an EXE instead of batch scripts, but any input
from
> someone with more Windows batch scripting experience than me is welcome.
Whatever you do, don't turn it into an EXE. For better or worse, customers have
always
relied on being able to hack the batch script. I think you'd get a lot of pushback.
>
> [1]: https://github.com/wildfly/wildfly/pull/4520
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> James R. Perkins
> JBoss by Red Hat