Maven project - Quoted paths with spaces in VM options or application arguments

[PetrMiksik]

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

[tyefyedye]

This issue also occurs on Windows OS and is still present as of Apache NetBeans 25.

Creating a Maven project and attempting to set Djava.library.path in the VM options with a folder path that includes spaces returns a "The syntax of the command is incorrect." error when running project.

[neilcsmith-net]

At least on Linux, doesn't wrapping the whole argument in double quotes work? eg. -Dsun.java2d.opengl=true "-javaagent:/projects/java/Libraries/OpenJPA 4.0.0/openjpa-all-4.0.0.jar"

[PetrMiksik]

Yes, on Linux, it works👍

[neilcsmith-net]

@tyefyedye please confirm if same works for you?

Thanks @PetrMiksik If this is all that's required we might consider extending the existing help label to note this.

[tyefyedye]

@neilcsmith-net Can confirm wrapping the whole argument in double quotes also works on Windows as well.