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Gaurav Chhabra commented on MNG-5804: ------------------------------------- I downloaded apache-maven-3.3.3 today and after setting JAVA_HOME, MAVEN_HOME and Path, when i tried mvn -v in d:\git\ dir, d:\git>mvn -v Apache Maven 3.3.3 (7994120775791599e205a5524ec3e0dfe41d4a06; 2015-04-22T17:27:37+05:30) Maven home: C:\apache-maven-3.3.3\bin\.. Java version: 1.7.0_67, vendor: Oracle Corporation Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_67\jre Default locale: en_IN, platform encoding: Cp1252 OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows" However, if i try running the same command in d:\ instead, i get usage hint, d:\git>cd\ d:\>mvn -v Usage: java [-options] class [args...] (to execute a class) or java [-options] -jar jarfile [args...] (to execute a jar file) > mvn.bat does not work in root directory on Windows > -------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-5804 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-5804 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Command Line > Affects Versions: 3.3.1 > Environment: Win7 x64 german > Reporter: Bernd Eckenfels > Assignee: Robert Scholte > Priority: Minor > Labels: windows, > > On Windows the new `mvn.cmd` script does not work if the current working > directory is the root dir of a drive. In that case it will initialize > `%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%` with a trailing `\` and that will break the java > command line as it escapes the following quote of > `"-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"`. > It works on 3.2.1 and fails with 3.3.1: > {code} > c:\> cd /d C:\ > c:\>c:\devenv\apache-maven-3.2.1\bin\mvn --version > Apache Maven 3.2.1 (ea8b2b07643dbb1b84b6d16e1f08391b666bc1e9; > 2014-02-14T18:37:52+01:00) > Maven home: c:\devenv\apache-maven-3.2.1\bin\.. > ... > c:\>c:\devenv\apache-maven-3.3.1\bin\mvn --version > Usage: java [-options] class [args...] > ... > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)