Issue #195: The new Maven uses a .cmd file instead of a .bat file

h2/src/docsrc/html/changelog.html

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Change Log
 
 <h2>Next Version (unreleased)</h2>
 <ul>
+<li>Issue #195: The new Maven uses a .cmd file instead of a .bat file
+</li>
 <li>Issue #212: EXPLAIN PLAN for UPDATE statement did not display LIMIT expression
 </li>
 <li>Support OFFSET without LIMIT in SELECT

h2/src/tools/org/h2/build/BuildBase.java

@@ -307,10 +307,18 @@ public class BuildBase {
      */
     protected int execScript(String script, StringList args) {
         if (isWindows()) {
-            script = script + ".bat";
-        }
+            // Under windows, we use the "cmd" command interpreter since it will search the path for us
+            // without us having to hardcode an extension for the script we want.
+            // (Sometimes we don't know if the extension will be .bat or .cmd)
+            StringList newArgs = new StringList();
+            newArgs.add("/C");
+            newArgs.add(script);
+            newArgs.addAll(args);
+            return exec("cmd", newArgs);
+        } else {
             return exec(script, args);
         }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Execute a program in a separate process.