[wildfly-dev] Windows Batch Scripts

[Dimitris Andreadis]

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 at 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
>> --
>> James R. Perkins
>> JBoss by Red Hat