lukewpatterson wrote: > > ok, and then the plugin does some massaging, and '\' is an escape > character > > http://fisheye.codehaus.org/browse/mojo/trunk/mojo/exec-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/AbstractExecMojo.java?r=HEAD#l155 > > try (with the quotes) > > "${basedir}${file.separator}target${file.separator}lib" > > interestingly though, > > "\" or "\a" or "a\" > > throw error "args contains not properly formatted string" > > but "a\a" is ok > > So looks like you can get by if you use the quotes, and then hope the > characters touching the quotes aren't a '\'. I didn't test for nested > quotes. >
That works (using quotes) but based on what you wrote above I believe this is a bug. 1. I am expecting this to work without quotes (since my path does not contain any spaces) 2. I am expecting to be able to put anything inside the quotes Do you agree? Should I file a bug report? Thanks, Gili -- View this message in context: http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Passing-basedir-into-Exec-plugin-tp512272p699142.html Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
