-Dkey=value parameters cannot include spaces in the value
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         Key: MNG-2190
         URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2190
     Project: Maven 2
        Type: Bug

  Components: Command Line  
    Versions: 2.0.2    
 Environment: Darwin
    Reporter: Gordon Henriksen


Even if I properly escape spaces in a path at the shell level, Maven seems to 
re-split the command parameters. For instance, on Unix, the following should 
all run the compile goal with a property foo="bar baz":

    $ mvn compile "-Dfoo=bar baz"
    $ mvn compile -Dfoo="bar baz"
    $ mvn compile -Dfoo=bar\ baz

But in fact, Maven fails, complaining that "baz" is an invalid task:

    [INFO] Scanning for projects...
    [INFO] 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    [ERROR] BUILD FAILURE
    [INFO] 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    [INFO] Invalid task 'baz': you must specify a valid lifecycle phase, or a 
goal in the format plugin:goal or 
pluginGroupId:pluginArtifactId:pluginVersion:goal
    [INFO] 
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    [INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
    [INFO] 
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    [INFO] Total time: < 1 second
    [INFO] Finished at: Wed Mar 29 15:21:01 EST 2006
    [INFO] Final Memory: 1M/2M
    [INFO] 
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Is this intended behavior? Seems as if Maven is unnecessarily splitting the 
string, when the OS already does as much.

I was merely trying to run:

    mvn deploy:deploy-file "-Dfile=/Users/me/Desktop/Bellicose 
SDK/lib/Bellicose.jar" ...

In my case, it's practical to work around by renaming the Bellicose SDK folder, 
but it seems as if Windows users stuck with "C:\Documents and Settings\..." 
might have a harder time of it.

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