Hey that was the problem. I had an extra "\" in M2_HOME. I removed it and mvn started working. I wonder how it recognised the mvn command if the environment variable was the problem.
Thanks a lot! Regards, Sagar M. Yerunkar franz see <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/03/2007 12:55 PM Please respond to "Maven Users List" <users@maven.apache.org> To users@maven.apache.org cc Subject Re: Unable to run it Good day, ( I assume you're on windows ) Check your M2_HOME, what did you set it into ? ..Did you set it with D:\my\path\to\maven, or to D:\my\path\to\maven\ ? ..If you did the second one, remove the last "\". Cheers, Franz Sagar Yerunkar wrote: > > Hello, > > I have installed apache maven on my system. I have added all the > directories to the path and have set the required variables. However, i > get this error when i type "mvn site" : > > Usage: java [-options] class [args...] > (to execute a class) > or java [-options] -jar jarfile [args...] > (to execute a jar file) > > where options include: > -client to select the "client" VM > -server to select the "server" VM > -hotspot is a synonym for the "client" VM [deprecated] > The default VM is client. > > -cp <class search path of directories and zip/jar files> > -classpath <class search path of directories and zip/jar files> > A ; separated list of directories, JAR archives, > and ZIP archives to search for class files. > -D<name>=<value> > set a system property > -verbose[:class|gc|jni] > enable verbose output > -version print product version and exit > -version:<value> > require the specified version to run > -showversion print product version and continue > -jre-restrict-search | -jre-no-restrict-search > include/exclude user private JREs in the version search > -? -help print this help message > -X print help on non-standard options > -ea[:<packagename>...|:<classname>] > -enableassertions[:<packagename>...|:<classname>] > enable assertions > -da[:<packagename>...|:<classname>] > -disableassertions[:<packagename>...|:<classname>] > disable assertions > -esa | -enablesystemassertions > enable system assertions > -dsa | -disablesystemassertions > disable system assertions > -agentlib:<libname>[=<options>] > load native agent library <libname>, e.g. > -agentlib:hprof > see also, -agentlib:jdwp=help and -agentlib:hprof=help > -agentpath:<pathname>[=<options>] > load native agent library by full pathname > -javaagent:<jarpath>[=<options>] > load Java programming language agent, see > java.lang.instrument > > I have installed the same software on another system too. It works there. > If anyone has faced the same issue and resolved it, kindly help. > > Regards, > > Sagar M. Yerunkar > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Unable-to-run-it-tf3504025s177.html#a9804911 Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________