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8344540: Remove superseded wildcard description from java manpage

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Christian Stein 2024-12-05 10:15:05 +00:00
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@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ contain whitespace characters. All content between the open quote and the
first matching close quote are preserved by simply removing the pair of quotes.
In case a matching quote is not found, the launcher will abort with an error
message. `@`-files are supported as they are specified in the command line.
However, as in `@`-files, use of a wildcard is not supported. In order to
Any wildcard literal `*` in the `JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS` environment variable
content isn't expanded and is passed as-is to the starting VM. In order to
mitigate potential misuse of `JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS` behavior, options that specify
the main class (such as `-jar`) or cause the `java` launcher to exit without
executing the main class (such as `-h`) are disallowed in the environment
@ -3073,9 +3074,9 @@ The following items describe the syntax of `java` argument files:
- The argument file size must not exceed MAXINT (2,147,483,647) bytes.
- The launcher doesn't expand wildcards that are present within an argument
file. That means, an asterisk `*` is passed on as-is to the starting VM.
For example `*.java` stays `*.java` and is not expanded to `Foo.java`,
`Bar.java`, etc. like on some command line shell.
file. That means an asterisk (`*`) is passed on as-is to the starting VM.
For example `*.java` stays `*.java` and is not expanded to
`Foo.java Bar.java ...`, as would happen with some command line shells.
- Use white space or new line characters to separate arguments included in
the file.
@ -3118,8 +3119,6 @@ The following items describe the syntax of `java` argument files:
- An open quote stops at end-of-line unless `\` is the last character, which
then joins the next line by removing all leading white space characters.
- Wildcards (\*) aren't allowed in these lists (such as specifying `*.java`).
- Use of the at sign (`@`) to recursively interpret files isn't supported.
### Example of Open or Partial Quotes in an Argument File