Java createprocess error 206 имя файла или его расширение имеет слишком большую длину

I have this error in eclipse helios:

Exception occurred executing command line.
Cannot run program «C:Program Files (x86)Javajre6binjavaw.exe» (in directory «C:Usersmotiverhelios_workspaceTimeTracker»): CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long

I researched a bit but most of the issues were related to DataNucleus when working on Google App Engine. But I am not using anything remotely related to Google App Engine. I am doing a small project with Servlet 3.0 on JBOSS 6. I am using Hibernate 4.1.2 for ORM and RESTEasy to expose a web service. I created a util file that has a main() method that basically drops and re-creates the schema. I run the main() methos when I need a clean database for testing purposes. It worked fine on Tomcat 7 but it stopped working when I moved to JBoss 6.

Any hint or solution would be greatly appreciated.

If you create your own build file rather than using Project -> Generate Javadocs you can add useexternalfile="yes" to the javadoc task, which is designed specifically to solve this problem.

answered May 15, 2012 at 22:18

This is not specifically for eclipse, but the way I got around this was by creating a symbolic link to my maven repository and pointing it to something like «C:R». Then I added the following to my settings.xml file:

<localRepository>C:R</localRepository>

The maven repository path was contributing to the length problems in my windows machine.

answered Jan 31, 2019 at 1:00

Try this:

java -jar -Dserver.port=8080 build/libs/APP_NAME_HERE.jar

answered Apr 6, 2017 at 17:44

To solve it:

If you are using Eclipse:

Move .m2 repository to

c:
Go to Eclipse > Windows/Preferences/Maven/User Settings -> Create your own setting.xml with its content:

<settings>
  <localRepository>c:/.m2/repository</localRepository>
</settings>

If you are using IntelliJ:
Go to IntelliJ > clicking the right mouse button on «pom.xml» > maven > create «settings.xml»

with its content:

<settings>
      xmlns="yourcontent"
      xmlns:xsi="yourcontent"
      xsi:schemaLocation="yourcontent.xsd">
  <localRepository>c:/.m2/repository</localRepository>
</settings>

answered May 31, 2019 at 10:00

In my case the error was showing because system java version was different from intellijj/eclipse java version. System and user had diff java versions. If you compile your code using one version and tried to run using a different version, it will error out.

#The system java version is 1.7.131
$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_131"

Long story short, make sure your code is compiled and ran by the same java version.

answered Jun 20, 2019 at 1:34

I am using legacy version of gradle plugins and this plugin solved the issue for me.

Usage (check source for more details):

Build script snippet for plugins DSL for Gradle 2.1 and later

plugins {
  id "com.github.ManifestClasspath" version "0.1.0-RELEASE"
}

Build script snippet for use in older Gradle versions or where dynamic
configuration is required

buildscript {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath "gradle.plugin.com.github.viswaramamoorthy:gradle-util-plugins:0.1.0-RELEASE"
  }
}

apply plugin: "com.github.ManifestClasspath"

answered May 6, 2020 at 13:08

In a Windows machine, there is a limitation of the jar file name/path length in the command-line, due to which you see the below error message, I tried searching a lot, even I tried applying the above solution, some reason, it didn’t work, I found the working snippet for Gradle (gradle-4.10.2-all.zip)

Error:

CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long

Use this below gradle.build code snippet to fix the above problem in IntelliJ or STS, or eclipse anything.

Gradle Code Fix:

apply plugin: 'application'

task pathingJar(type: Jar) {
    dependsOn configurations.runtime
    appendix = 'pathing'

    doFirst {
        manifest {
            attributes "Class-Path": configurations.runtimeClasspath.files.collect { it.getName() }.join(' ')
        }
    }
}

task copyToLib(type: Copy) {
    into "$buildDir/libs"
    from configurations.runtime
}

bootRun {
    systemProperties = System.properties
    //This below line is for if you have different profiles prod, dev etc...
    //systemProperty 'spring.profiles.active', 'dev'
    jvmArgs('-Djava.util.logging.config.file=none')
    mainClassName = "com.xxxx.Main"
    dependsOn pathingJar
    dependsOn copyToLib
    doFirst {
        classpath = files("$buildDir/classes/java/main", "$buildDir/resources/main", pathingJar.archivePath)
    }
}

answered Jul 8, 2020 at 17:26

If you are using VSCode:

1. create launch.json file insde .vscode/

2. add

   {"configurations": [{ "type": "java","shortenCommandLine ": "auto",}]}
   

If you are using intellij :

1. open .idea/workspace.xml

2. inside <component name="PropertiesComponent">
   add <property name="dynamic.classpath" value="true"/>

it happens due to DataNucleus sometimes overwrite the Arguments with many paths.

You have to overwrite them with this:

-enhancerName ASM -api JDO -pu MediaToGo

Hope help you!

answered May 2, 2013 at 14:55

I got the same error. Tried solutions like cleaning, rebuild, invalidateCache, retart etc but nothing works.

I just have created a new folder with short name and copied all the files(app folder, gradle files etc) in new folder. Opened application in android studio and its working fine.

answered Oct 31, 2018 at 10:39

For me it was wrong JDK path. Please make sure you have right path to the JDK file

File -> Project Structure

answered Mar 17, 2021 at 5:46

answered Jun 5, 2021 at 10:26

answered Sep 15, 2021 at 6:15

To fix this below error, I did enough research, not got any great solution, I prepared this script and it is working fine, thought to share to the public and make use of it and save there time.

CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long

If you are using the Gradle build tool, and the executable file is placed in build/libs directory of your application.
run.sh -> create this file in the root directory of your project, and copy below script in it, then go to git bash and type run.sh then enter. Hope this helps!

#!/bin/bash
dir_name=`pwd`
if [ $# == 1 ] && [ $1 == "debug" ]
then
    port=$RANDOM
    quit=0
    echo "Finding free port for debugging"
    while [ "$quit" -ne 1 ]; do
        netstat -anp | grep $port >> /dev/null
        if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
            quit=1
        else
            port=`expr $port + 1`
        fi
    done
    echo "Starting in Debug Mode on "$port
    gradle clean bootjar
    jar_name="build/libs/"`ls -l ./build/libs/|grep jar|grep -v grep|awk '{print $NF}'`
    #java -jar -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=$port $jar_name 
elif [ $# == 1 ] && [ $1 == 'help' ]
then
    echo "please use this commands"
    echo "------------------------"
    echo "Start in Debug Mode: sh run.sh debug"
        echo "Start in Run Mode: sh run.sh" 
    echo "------------------------"
else
    gradle clean bootjar
    word_count=`ls -l ./build/libs/|grep jar|grep -v grep|wc -w`
    jar_name=`ls -l ./build/libs/|grep jar|grep -v grep|awk '{print $NF}'`  
    jar_path=build/libs/$jar_name
    echo $jar_name
    #java -jar $jar_path
fi

Hope this helps!!

You can use below commands:

mklink /J c:repo C:<long path to your maven repository> 


mvn -Dmaven.repo.local=c:repo any mvn command

answered May 17, 2022 at 12:15

Valid answer from this thread was the right answer for my special case.
Specify the ORM folder path for datanucleus certainly reduce the java path compile.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/1219427/1469481

I got the same error in android studio. I was able to resolve it by running Build->Clean Project in the IDE.

I have this error in eclipse helios:

Exception occurred executing command line.
Cannot run program «C:Program Files (x86)Javajre6binjavaw.exe» (in directory «C:Usersmotiverhelios_workspaceTimeTracker»): CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long

I researched a bit but most of the issues were related to DataNucleus when working on Google App Engine. But I am not using anything remotely related to Google App Engine. I am doing a small project with Servlet 3.0 on JBOSS 6. I am using Hibernate 4.1.2 for ORM and RESTEasy to expose a web service. I created a util file that has a main() method that basically drops and re-creates the schema. I run the main() methos when I need a clean database for testing purposes. It worked fine on Tomcat 7 but it stopped working when I moved to JBoss 6.

Any hint or solution would be greatly appreciated.

If you create your own build file rather than using Project -> Generate Javadocs you can add useexternalfile="yes" to the javadoc task, which is designed specifically to solve this problem.

answered May 15, 2012 at 22:18

This is not specifically for eclipse, but the way I got around this was by creating a symbolic link to my maven repository and pointing it to something like «C:R». Then I added the following to my settings.xml file:

<localRepository>C:R</localRepository>

The maven repository path was contributing to the length problems in my windows machine.

answered Jan 31, 2019 at 1:00

Try this:

java -jar -Dserver.port=8080 build/libs/APP_NAME_HERE.jar

answered Apr 6, 2017 at 17:44

To solve it:

If you are using Eclipse:

Move .m2 repository to

c:
Go to Eclipse > Windows/Preferences/Maven/User Settings -> Create your own setting.xml with its content:

<settings>
  <localRepository>c:/.m2/repository</localRepository>
</settings>

If you are using IntelliJ:
Go to IntelliJ > clicking the right mouse button on «pom.xml» > maven > create «settings.xml»

with its content:

<settings>
      xmlns="yourcontent"
      xmlns:xsi="yourcontent"
      xsi:schemaLocation="yourcontent.xsd">
  <localRepository>c:/.m2/repository</localRepository>
</settings>

answered May 31, 2019 at 10:00

In my case the error was showing because system java version was different from intellijj/eclipse java version. System and user had diff java versions. If you compile your code using one version and tried to run using a different version, it will error out.

#The system java version is 1.7.131
$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_131"

Long story short, make sure your code is compiled and ran by the same java version.

answered Jun 20, 2019 at 1:34

I am using legacy version of gradle plugins and this plugin solved the issue for me.

Usage (check source for more details):

Build script snippet for plugins DSL for Gradle 2.1 and later

plugins {
  id "com.github.ManifestClasspath" version "0.1.0-RELEASE"
}

Build script snippet for use in older Gradle versions or where dynamic
configuration is required

buildscript {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath "gradle.plugin.com.github.viswaramamoorthy:gradle-util-plugins:0.1.0-RELEASE"
  }
}

apply plugin: "com.github.ManifestClasspath"

answered May 6, 2020 at 13:08

In a Windows machine, there is a limitation of the jar file name/path length in the command-line, due to which you see the below error message, I tried searching a lot, even I tried applying the above solution, some reason, it didn’t work, I found the working snippet for Gradle (gradle-4.10.2-all.zip)

Error:

CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long

Use this below gradle.build code snippet to fix the above problem in IntelliJ or STS, or eclipse anything.

Gradle Code Fix:

apply plugin: 'application'

task pathingJar(type: Jar) {
    dependsOn configurations.runtime
    appendix = 'pathing'

    doFirst {
        manifest {
            attributes "Class-Path": configurations.runtimeClasspath.files.collect { it.getName() }.join(' ')
        }
    }
}

task copyToLib(type: Copy) {
    into "$buildDir/libs"
    from configurations.runtime
}

bootRun {
    systemProperties = System.properties
    //This below line is for if you have different profiles prod, dev etc...
    //systemProperty 'spring.profiles.active', 'dev'
    jvmArgs('-Djava.util.logging.config.file=none')
    mainClassName = "com.xxxx.Main"
    dependsOn pathingJar
    dependsOn copyToLib
    doFirst {
        classpath = files("$buildDir/classes/java/main", "$buildDir/resources/main", pathingJar.archivePath)
    }
}

answered Jul 8, 2020 at 17:26

If you are using VSCode:

1. create launch.json file insde .vscode/

2. add

   {"configurations": [{ "type": "java","shortenCommandLine ": "auto",}]}
   

If you are using intellij :

1. open .idea/workspace.xml

2. inside <component name="PropertiesComponent">
   add <property name="dynamic.classpath" value="true"/>

it happens due to DataNucleus sometimes overwrite the Arguments with many paths.

You have to overwrite them with this:

-enhancerName ASM -api JDO -pu MediaToGo

Hope help you!

answered May 2, 2013 at 14:55

I got the same error. Tried solutions like cleaning, rebuild, invalidateCache, retart etc but nothing works.

I just have created a new folder with short name and copied all the files(app folder, gradle files etc) in new folder. Opened application in android studio and its working fine.

answered Oct 31, 2018 at 10:39

For me it was wrong JDK path. Please make sure you have right path to the JDK file

File -> Project Structure

answered Mar 17, 2021 at 5:46

answered Jun 5, 2021 at 10:26

answered Sep 15, 2021 at 6:15

To fix this below error, I did enough research, not got any great solution, I prepared this script and it is working fine, thought to share to the public and make use of it and save there time.

CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long

If you are using the Gradle build tool, and the executable file is placed in build/libs directory of your application.
run.sh -> create this file in the root directory of your project, and copy below script in it, then go to git bash and type run.sh then enter. Hope this helps!

#!/bin/bash
dir_name=`pwd`
if [ $# == 1 ] && [ $1 == "debug" ]
then
    port=$RANDOM
    quit=0
    echo "Finding free port for debugging"
    while [ "$quit" -ne 1 ]; do
        netstat -anp | grep $port >> /dev/null
        if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
            quit=1
        else
            port=`expr $port + 1`
        fi
    done
    echo "Starting in Debug Mode on "$port
    gradle clean bootjar
    jar_name="build/libs/"`ls -l ./build/libs/|grep jar|grep -v grep|awk '{print $NF}'`
    #java -jar -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=$port $jar_name 
elif [ $# == 1 ] && [ $1 == 'help' ]
then
    echo "please use this commands"
    echo "------------------------"
    echo "Start in Debug Mode: sh run.sh debug"
        echo "Start in Run Mode: sh run.sh" 
    echo "------------------------"
else
    gradle clean bootjar
    word_count=`ls -l ./build/libs/|grep jar|grep -v grep|wc -w`
    jar_name=`ls -l ./build/libs/|grep jar|grep -v grep|awk '{print $NF}'`  
    jar_path=build/libs/$jar_name
    echo $jar_name
    #java -jar $jar_path
fi

Hope this helps!!

You can use below commands:

mklink /J c:repo C:<long path to your maven repository> 


mvn -Dmaven.repo.local=c:repo any mvn command

answered May 17, 2022 at 12:15

Valid answer from this thread was the right answer for my special case.
Specify the ORM folder path for datanucleus certainly reduce the java path compile.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/1219427/1469481

I got the same error in android studio. I was able to resolve it by running Build->Clean Project in the IDE.

I have this error in eclipse helios:

Exception occurred executing command line.
Cannot run program «C:Program Files (x86)Javajre6binjavaw.exe» (in directory «C:Usersmotiverhelios_workspaceTimeTracker»): CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long

I researched a bit but most of the issues were related to DataNucleus when working on Google App Engine. But I am not using anything remotely related to Google App Engine. I am doing a small project with Servlet 3.0 on JBOSS 6. I am using Hibernate 4.1.2 for ORM and RESTEasy to expose a web service. I created a util file that has a main() method that basically drops and re-creates the schema. I run the main() methos when I need a clean database for testing purposes. It worked fine on Tomcat 7 but it stopped working when I moved to JBoss 6.

Any hint or solution would be greatly appreciated.

If you create your own build file rather than using Project -> Generate Javadocs you can add useexternalfile="yes" to the javadoc task, which is designed specifically to solve this problem.

answered May 15, 2012 at 22:18

This is not specifically for eclipse, but the way I got around this was by creating a symbolic link to my maven repository and pointing it to something like «C:R». Then I added the following to my settings.xml file:

<localRepository>C:R</localRepository>

The maven repository path was contributing to the length problems in my windows machine.

answered Jan 31, 2019 at 1:00

Try this:

java -jar -Dserver.port=8080 build/libs/APP_NAME_HERE.jar

answered Apr 6, 2017 at 17:44

To solve it:

If you are using Eclipse:

Move .m2 repository to

c:
Go to Eclipse > Windows/Preferences/Maven/User Settings -> Create your own setting.xml with its content:

<settings>
  <localRepository>c:/.m2/repository</localRepository>
</settings>

If you are using IntelliJ:
Go to IntelliJ > clicking the right mouse button on «pom.xml» > maven > create «settings.xml»

with its content:

<settings>
      xmlns="yourcontent"
      xmlns:xsi="yourcontent"
      xsi:schemaLocation="yourcontent.xsd">
  <localRepository>c:/.m2/repository</localRepository>
</settings>

answered May 31, 2019 at 10:00

In my case the error was showing because system java version was different from intellijj/eclipse java version. System and user had diff java versions. If you compile your code using one version and tried to run using a different version, it will error out.

#The system java version is 1.7.131
$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_131"

Long story short, make sure your code is compiled and ran by the same java version.

answered Jun 20, 2019 at 1:34

I am using legacy version of gradle plugins and this plugin solved the issue for me.

Usage (check source for more details):

Build script snippet for plugins DSL for Gradle 2.1 and later

plugins {
  id "com.github.ManifestClasspath" version "0.1.0-RELEASE"
}

Build script snippet for use in older Gradle versions or where dynamic
configuration is required

buildscript {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
    }
  }
  dependencies {
    classpath "gradle.plugin.com.github.viswaramamoorthy:gradle-util-plugins:0.1.0-RELEASE"
  }
}

apply plugin: "com.github.ManifestClasspath"

answered May 6, 2020 at 13:08

In a Windows machine, there is a limitation of the jar file name/path length in the command-line, due to which you see the below error message, I tried searching a lot, even I tried applying the above solution, some reason, it didn’t work, I found the working snippet for Gradle (gradle-4.10.2-all.zip)

Error:

CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long

Use this below gradle.build code snippet to fix the above problem in IntelliJ or STS, or eclipse anything.

Gradle Code Fix:

apply plugin: 'application'

task pathingJar(type: Jar) {
    dependsOn configurations.runtime
    appendix = 'pathing'

    doFirst {
        manifest {
            attributes "Class-Path": configurations.runtimeClasspath.files.collect { it.getName() }.join(' ')
        }
    }
}

task copyToLib(type: Copy) {
    into "$buildDir/libs"
    from configurations.runtime
}

bootRun {
    systemProperties = System.properties
    //This below line is for if you have different profiles prod, dev etc...
    //systemProperty 'spring.profiles.active', 'dev'
    jvmArgs('-Djava.util.logging.config.file=none')
    mainClassName = "com.xxxx.Main"
    dependsOn pathingJar
    dependsOn copyToLib
    doFirst {
        classpath = files("$buildDir/classes/java/main", "$buildDir/resources/main", pathingJar.archivePath)
    }
}

answered Jul 8, 2020 at 17:26

If you are using VSCode:

1. create launch.json file insde .vscode/

2. add

   {"configurations": [{ "type": "java","shortenCommandLine ": "auto",}]}
   

If you are using intellij :

1. open .idea/workspace.xml

2. inside <component name="PropertiesComponent">
   add <property name="dynamic.classpath" value="true"/>

it happens due to DataNucleus sometimes overwrite the Arguments with many paths.

You have to overwrite them with this:

-enhancerName ASM -api JDO -pu MediaToGo

Hope help you!

answered May 2, 2013 at 14:55

I got the same error. Tried solutions like cleaning, rebuild, invalidateCache, retart etc but nothing works.

I just have created a new folder with short name and copied all the files(app folder, gradle files etc) in new folder. Opened application in android studio and its working fine.

answered Oct 31, 2018 at 10:39

For me it was wrong JDK path. Please make sure you have right path to the JDK file

File -> Project Structure

answered Mar 17, 2021 at 5:46

answered Jun 5, 2021 at 10:26

answered Sep 15, 2021 at 6:15

To fix this below error, I did enough research, not got any great solution, I prepared this script and it is working fine, thought to share to the public and make use of it and save there time.

CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long

If you are using the Gradle build tool, and the executable file is placed in build/libs directory of your application.
run.sh -> create this file in the root directory of your project, and copy below script in it, then go to git bash and type run.sh then enter. Hope this helps!

#!/bin/bash
dir_name=`pwd`
if [ $# == 1 ] && [ $1 == "debug" ]
then
    port=$RANDOM
    quit=0
    echo "Finding free port for debugging"
    while [ "$quit" -ne 1 ]; do
        netstat -anp | grep $port >> /dev/null
        if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
            quit=1
        else
            port=`expr $port + 1`
        fi
    done
    echo "Starting in Debug Mode on "$port
    gradle clean bootjar
    jar_name="build/libs/"`ls -l ./build/libs/|grep jar|grep -v grep|awk '{print $NF}'`
    #java -jar -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=$port $jar_name 
elif [ $# == 1 ] && [ $1 == 'help' ]
then
    echo "please use this commands"
    echo "------------------------"
    echo "Start in Debug Mode: sh run.sh debug"
        echo "Start in Run Mode: sh run.sh" 
    echo "------------------------"
else
    gradle clean bootjar
    word_count=`ls -l ./build/libs/|grep jar|grep -v grep|wc -w`
    jar_name=`ls -l ./build/libs/|grep jar|grep -v grep|awk '{print $NF}'`  
    jar_path=build/libs/$jar_name
    echo $jar_name
    #java -jar $jar_path
fi

Hope this helps!!

You can use below commands:

mklink /J c:repo C:<long path to your maven repository> 


mvn -Dmaven.repo.local=c:repo any mvn command

answered May 17, 2022 at 12:15

Valid answer from this thread was the right answer for my special case.
Specify the ORM folder path for datanucleus certainly reduce the java path compile.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/1219427/1469481

I got the same error in android studio. I was able to resolve it by running Build->Clean Project in the IDE.