8293040: Argfile documentation for java launcher tool is confusing regarding usage of wildcards

Reviewed-by: liach
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Christian Stein 2024-11-18 21:49:36 +00:00
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@ -3073,7 +3073,9 @@ 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.
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.
- Use white space or new line characters to separate arguments included in
the file.