CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long when running main() method
eclipse, java
Solution
There is no simple (as in a couple of clicks or a simple command) solution to this issue.
Quoting from some answers in this bug report in Eclipse.org, these are the work-arounds. Pick the one that's the least painful to you:
- Reduce the classpath
- Use directories instead of jar files
- Use a packed jar files which contains all other jars, use the classpath variable inside the manifest file to point to the other jars
- Use a special class loader which reads the classpath from a config file
- Try to use one of the attached patches in the bug report document
- Use an own wrapper e.g. ant
Update: After July 2014, there is a better way (thanks to @Brad-Mace's answer below:
If you have created your own build file instead of using `Project -> Generate Javadocs`, then you can add `useexternalfile="yes"` to the Javadoc task, which is designed specifically to solve this problem.
Problem
I have this error in eclipse helios: Exception occurred executing command line. Cannot run program "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe" (in directory "C:\Users\motiver\helios_workspace\TimeTracker"): 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.