strange java 7 behavior on windows ( star arg "*")

[Kumar Srinivasan]

Hi Daniel,

It is likely you are running into this issue:
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7146424

Thanks
Kumar



> Hi all,
>
> I've notice a strange java 7 behavior on windows when a "*" is used as 
> argument:
>
> Here is the test case, just printed out the args (pretty simple as you 
> can see):
>
>    public class TestStar
>    {
>       public static void main(String args[])
>       {
>         for (String _arg : args)
>         {
>           System.out.print(_arg + " ");
>         }
>         System.out.println();
>       }
>    }
>
> On Unix, running  ' java TestStar "*" ', both on jdk6 and jdk7 produce 
> the expected output:
>
>    $ echo $JAVA_HOME
>
>    $ ./jdk1.6.0_26/bin/java -version
>    java version "1.6.0_26"
>    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_26-b03)
>    Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 20.1-b02, mixed mode)
>    $ ./jdk1.6.0_26/bin/java TestStar "*"
>    *
>    $ ./jdk1.7.0/bin/java -version
>    java version "1.7.0"
>    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b147)
>    Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode)
>    $ ./jdk1.7.0/bin/java TestStar "*"
>    *
>    $
>
> On windows with jkd6, I've got the expected output:
>
>    $ echo %JAVA_HOME%
>    %JAVA_HOME%
>
>    $ c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_29\bin\java.exe -version
>    'c:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>    operable program or batch file.
>
>    $ "c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_29\bin\java.exe" -version
>    java version "1.6.0_29"
>    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_29-b11)
>    Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 20.4-b02, mixed mode, sharing)
>
>    $ "c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_29\bin\java.exe" TestStar "*"
>    *
>
>    $
>
>
> On windows with jkd7, the output **IS NOT** the expected one. It seems 
> that the "*" is interpreted and list the directory
>
>    $ "c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin\java.exe" -version
>    java version "1.7.0_03"
>    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_03-b05)
>    Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 22.1-b02, mixed mode, sharing)
>
>    $ "c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin\java.exe" TestStar "*"
>    TestStar.class
>
>    $ "c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin\java.exe" TestStar "\*"
>    \$Recycle.Bin \a.bat \autoexec.bat \bar.emf \config.sys \dell
>    \Documents and Set
>    tings \FWLog.txt \Genius \hiberfil.sys
>    \HP_CLJ_CP4020_CP4520_32bit_PCL6_HPDIU \H
>    PDIU.log \MSOCache \pagefile.sys \partage \PerfLogs \Program Files
>    \ProgramData
>    \Recovery \System Volume Information \Users \Windows \xampp
>
>
> Any info about this strange behavior?

> Is it a bug?
> Is there a workaround?
>
> Thanks
> Daniel
>
>
>