This fix made equal processing of strings such as ""C:\\Program Files\\Git\\"" before and after JDK-8250568.
For example, it's needed to execute the following command on Windows: `C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe "MyVB.vbs" "C:\Program Files\Git" "Test"` it's equal to: `new ProcessBuilder("C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\WScript.exe", "MyVB.vbs", ""C:\\Program Files\\Git\\"", "Test").start();` While processing, the 3rd argument ""C:\\Program Files\\Git\\"" treated as unquoted due to the condition added in JDK-8250568. private static String unQuote(String str) { .. if (str.endsWith("\\"")) { return str; // not properly quoted, treat as unquoted } .. } that leads to the additional surrounding by quotes in ProcessImpl::createCommandLine(..) because needsEscaping(..) returns true due to the space inside the string argument. As a result the native function CreateProcessW (src/java.base/windows/native/libjava/ProcessImpl_md.c) gets the incorrectly quoted argument: pcmd = C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe MyVB.vbs ""C:\Program Files\Git"" Test (jdk.lang.Process.allowAmbiguousCommands = true) pcmd = "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe" MyVB.vbs ""C:\Program Files\Git\\"" Test (jdk.lang.Process.allowAmbiguousCommands = false) Obviously, a string ending with "\\"" must not be started with """ to treat as unquoted overwise it’s should be treated as properly quoted. ------------- Commit messages: - 8282008: Incorrect handling of quoted arguments in ProcessBuilder Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7504/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=7504&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8282008 Stats: 1 line in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 1 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7504.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/7504/head:pull/7504 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7504