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Maven project - Quoted paths with spaces in VM options or application arguments
Apache NetBeans version
Apache NetBeans 23
What happened
In Maven project, it's not possible to enter the path with spaces into VM options in Linux (not tested under Windows OS). I use javaagent with my application, the path to agent JAR file contains spaces, so I've enclosed it in quotation marks. The path was:
/projects/java/Libraries/OpenJPA 4.0.0/openjpa-all-4.0.0.jar
Generated command lines is as follows:
cd /projects/java/DBTestMaven; JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-amd64 /usr/lib/apache-netbeans/java/maven/bin/mvn "-Dexec.vmArgs=-Dsun.java2d.opengl=true '-javaagent:'\"'\"'/projects/java/Libraries/OpenJPA 4.0.0/openjpa-all-4.0.0.jar'\"'\"''" ... <
And the error is:
Error occurred during initialization of VM agent library failed Agent_OnLoad: instrument Error opening zip file or JAR manifest missing : '/projects/java/Libraries/OpenJPA 4.0.0/openjpa-all-4.0.0.jar'<
As you can see, quotation marks are interpreted as part of the path.
Language / Project Type / NetBeans Component
Java Maven Project (Java application)
How to reproduce
Create Maven project (Java application) and use quoted paths with spaces in VM options or arguments.
Did this work correctly in an earlier version?
No / Don't know
Operating System
Ubuntu 22.04
JDK
JDK 21
Apache NetBeans packaging
Apache NetBeans provided installer
Anything else
No response
Are you willing to submit a pull request?
No
