> The three `java.lang.Runtime.exec` methods that tokenize a command line to > produce an array of string arguments are easily misused, sometimes with > erroneous results. For example, on some operating systems, spaces are > supported in filenames and are in common use. > > The tokenization uses only whitespace characters, ignoring quote characters. > It is error prone because quotes may appear in the string but are ignored. > The implementation (on Windows) includes a heuristic for the executable > argument that tries to re-parse the command line respecting quotes but it is > undocumented.
Roger Riggs has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains three additional commits since the last revision: - Merge branch 'master' into 8276408-deprecate-runtime-exec - Updated tests to remove use of deprecated exec methods and to suppress deprecation warnings where testing of the deprecated methods is intended. - 8276408: Deprecate Runtime.exec methods with a single string command line argument ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6233/files - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6233/files/d27df301..79ddf8ca Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=6233&range=01 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=6233&range=00-01 Stats: 407437 lines in 719 files changed: 204020 ins; 194672 del; 8745 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6233.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/6233/head:pull/6233 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6233
