D.5 Image Tool Cannot Handle Windows Short Path Names

The Image Tool returns an error if a parameter that you specify contains a Windows short path name.

For example, when you run the -f option to copy a file from the local (Windows) file system to the file system of a virtual machine image, if the path specified for the local file system contains a short name, an error message is displayed.

Example

java -jar jrockitve-imagetool.jar -f vm.cfg put "c:\Docume~1\prop.txt" /app/

This command returns the following error:

No match for "c:\Docume~1\prop.txt"

Workaround

Use long path names, as shown in the following example.

java -jar jrockitve-imagetool.jar -f vm.cfg put "C:\Documents and Settings\prop.txt" /app/