It seems that sonar.nodejs.executable interprets strings "\n" or "\t" or so as a special character OR uses the delimiter "\" as escape code

[tadashi.oya]

Error I got

ERROR: Provided Node.js executable file does not exist. Property 'sonar.nodejs.executable' was to 'C:Users      adashi.oyawork  estdir
ode-v14.15.1-win-x64
ode.exe'

I expected '...testdir\node-v14.15.1-win-x64\node.exe' but sonar scanner interpreted

'...  estdir
ode-v14.15.1-win-x64
ode.exe'

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Versions

• SonarQube: 8.6
• SonarScanner: 4.5(sonar-scanner-4.5.0.2216-windows)
• node.js: node-v14.15.1-win-x64

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Steps to reproduce

(1) I prepared sonar-scanner, node, repository.

PS> pwd
Path
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C:\Users\tadashi.oya\work\testdir

PS> ls -name
node-v14.15.1-win-x64
repository
sonar-scanner-4.5.0.2216-windows

(2) I wrote conf\sonar-scanner.properties.

sonar.projectKey=sample_repository
sonar.host.url=http://192.168.56.11:9000
sonar.nodejs.executable=C:\Users\tadashi.oya\work\testdir\node-v14.15.1-win-x64\node.exe
# These below have the same result.
# sonar.nodejs.executable='C:\Users\tadashi.oya\work\testdir\node-v14.15.1-win-x64\node.exe'
# sonar.nodejs.executable="C:\Users\tadashi.oya\work\testdir\node-v14.15.1-win-x64\node.exe"

(3) I got the following log.

PS C:\Users\tadashi.oya\work\testdir\repository> ..\sonar-scanner-4.5.0.2216-windows\bin\sonar-scanner.bat
INFO: Scanner configuration file: C:\Users\tadashi.oya\work\testdir\sonar-scanner-4.5.0.2216-windows\bin\..\conf\sonar-scanner.properties
INFO: Project root configuration file: NONE
INFO: SonarScanner 4.5.0.2216
INFO: Java 11.0.3 AdoptOpenJDK (64-bit)
INFO: Windows 10 10.0 amd64
INFO: User cache: C:\Users\tadashi.oya\.sonar\cache
INFO: Scanner configuration file: C:\Users\tadashi.oya\work\testdir\sonar-scanner-4.5.0.2216-windows\bin\..\conf\sonar-scanner.properties
INFO: Project root configuration file: NONE
INFO: Analyzing on SonarQube server 8.6.0
INFO: Default locale: "ja_JP", source code encoding: "windows-31j" (analysis is platform dependent)
INFO: Load global settings
INFO: Load global settings (done) | time=90ms
INFO: Server id: 243B8A4D-AXUrkziEZXX9wbHhf0PT
INFO: User cache: C:\Users\tadashi.oya\.sonar\cache
INFO: Load/download plugins
INFO: Load plugins index
INFO: Load plugins index (done) | time=39ms
INFO: Load/download plugins (done) | time=97ms
INFO: Process project properties
INFO: Process project properties (done) | time=1ms
INFO: Execute project builders
INFO: Execute project builders (done) | time=2ms
INFO: Project key: sample_repository
INFO: Base dir: C:\Users\tadashi.oya\work\testdir\repository
INFO: Working dir: C:\Users\tadashi.oya\work\testdir\repository\.scannerwork
INFO: Load project settings for component key: 'sample_repository'
INFO: Load project settings for component key: 'sample_repository' (done) | time=31ms
INFO: Load quality profiles
INFO: Load quality profiles (done) | time=54ms
INFO: Load active rules
INFO: Load active rules (done) | time=991ms
INFO: Indexing files...
INFO: Project configuration:
INFO: Load project repositories
INFO: Load project repositories (done) | time=26ms
INFO: 205 files indexed
INFO: 0 files ignored because of scm ignore settings
INFO: Quality profile for css: Sonar way
INFO: Quality profile for js: Sonar way
INFO: Quality profile for php: Sonar way
INFO: ------------- Run sensors on module sample_repository
INFO: Load metrics repository
INFO: Load metrics repository (done) | time=44ms
INFO: Sensor CSS Metrics [cssfamily]
INFO: Sensor CSS Metrics [cssfamily] (done) | time=187ms
INFO: Sensor CSS Rules [cssfamily]
ERROR: Provided Node.js executable file does not exist. Property 'sonar.nodejs.executable' was to 'C:Users      adashi.oyawork  estdir
ode-v14.15.1-win-x64
ode.exe'
ERROR: CSS rules were not executed. Provided Node.js executable file does not exist.
org.sonarsource.nodejs.NodeCommandException: Provided Node.js executable file does not exist.
        at org.sonarsource.nodejs.NodeCommandBuilderImpl.retrieveNodeExecutableFromConfig(NodeCommandBuilderImpl.java:212)
        at org.sonarsource.nodejs.NodeCommandBuilderImpl.build(NodeCommandBuilderImpl.java:133)
        at org.sonar.css.plugin.server.CssAnalyzerBridgeServer.initNodeCommand(CssAnalyzerBridgeServer.java:153)
        at org.sonar.css.plugin.server.CssAnalyzerBridgeServer.startServer(CssAnalyzerBridgeServer.java:104)
        at org.sonar.css.plugin.server.CssAnalyzerBridgeServer.startServerLazily(CssAnalyzerBridgeServer.java:173)
        at org.sonar.css.plugin.CssRuleSensor.execute(CssRuleSensor.java:99)
        at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.AbstractSensorWrapper.analyse(AbstractSensorWrapper.java:48)
        at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.execute(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:85)
        at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.lambda$execute$1(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:59)
        at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.withModuleStrategy(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:77)
        at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.execute(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:59)
        at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ModuleScanContainer.doAfterStart(ModuleScanContainer.java:82)
        at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:137)
        at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:123)
        at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scan(ProjectScanContainer.java:393)
        at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scanRecursively(ProjectScanContainer.java:389)
        at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.doAfterStart(ProjectScanContainer.java:358)
        at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:137)
        at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:123)
        at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.GlobalContainer.doAfterStart(GlobalContainer.java:144)
        at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:137)
        at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:123)
        at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.doExecute(Batch.java:72)
        at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.execute(Batch.java:66)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.batch.BatchIsolatedLauncher.execute(BatchIsolatedLauncher.java:46)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.IsolatedLauncherProxy.invoke(IsolatedLauncherProxy.java:60)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy0.execute(Unknown Source)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.doExecute(EmbeddedScanner.java:189)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.execute(EmbeddedScanner.java:138)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:112)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:75)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.main(Main.java:61)

INFO: Sensor CSS Rules [cssfamily] (done) | time=4327ms
INFO: Sensor JaCoCo XML Report Importer [jacoco]
INFO: 'sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths' is not defined. Using default locations: target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,target/site/jacoco-it/jacoco.xml,build/reports/jacoco/test/jacocoTestReport.xml
INFO: No report imported, no coverage information will be imported by JaCoCo XML Report Importer
INFO: Sensor JaCoCo XML Report Importer [jacoco] (done) | time=5ms
INFO: Sensor JavaScript analysis [javascript]
ERROR: Provided Node.js executable file does not exist. Property 'sonar.nodejs.executable' was to 'C:Users      adashi.oyawork  estdir
ode-v14.15.1-win-x64
ode.exe'
ERROR: Provided Node.js executable file does not exist.
org.sonarsource.nodejs.NodeCommandException: Provided Node.js executable file does not exist.
        at org.sonarsource.nodejs.NodeCommandBuilderImpl.retrieveNodeExecutableFromConfig(NodeCommandBuilderImpl.java:212)
        at org.sonarsource.nodejs.NodeCommandBuilderImpl.build(NodeCommandBuilderImpl.java:133)
        at org.sonar.plugins.javascript.eslint.EslintBridgeServerImpl.initNodeCommand(EslintBridgeServerImpl.java:165)
        at org.sonar.plugins.javascript.eslint.EslintBridgeServerImpl.startServer(EslintBridgeServerImpl.java:114)
        at org.sonar.plugins.javascript.eslint.EslintBridgeServerImpl.startServerLazily(EslintBridgeServerImpl.java:182)
        at org.sonar.plugins.javascript.eslint.AbstractEslintSensor.startBridge(AbstractEslintSensor.java:145)
        at org.sonar.plugins.javascript.eslint.AbstractEslintSensor.execute(AbstractEslintSensor.java:119)
        at org.sonar.plugins.javascript.eslint.JavaScriptEslintBasedSensor.execute(JavaScriptEslintBasedSensor.java:51)
        at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.AbstractSensorWrapper.analyse(AbstractSensorWrapper.java:48)
        at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.execute(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:85)
        at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.lambda$execute$1(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:59)
        at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.withModuleStrategy(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:77)
        at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.execute(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:59)
        at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ModuleScanContainer.doAfterStart(ModuleScanContainer.java:82)
        at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:137)
        at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:123)
        at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scan(ProjectScanContainer.java:393)
        at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scanRecursively(ProjectScanContainer.java:389)
        at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.doAfterStart(ProjectScanContainer.java:358)
        at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:137)
        at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:123)
        at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.GlobalContainer.doAfterStart(GlobalContainer.java:144)
        at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:137)
        at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:123)
        at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.doExecute(Batch.java:72)
        at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.execute(Batch.java:66)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.batch.BatchIsolatedLauncher.execute(BatchIsolatedLauncher.java:46)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.IsolatedLauncherProxy.invoke(IsolatedLauncherProxy.java:60)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy0.execute(Unknown Source)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.doExecute(EmbeddedScanner.java:189)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.execute(EmbeddedScanner.java:138)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:112)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:75)
        at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.main(Main.java:61)

INFO: Sensor JavaScript analysis [javascript] (done) | time=6859ms
INFO: Sensor C# Properties [csharp]
INFO: Sensor C# Properties [csharp] (done) | time=1ms
INFO: Sensor JavaXmlSensor [java]
INFO: Sensor JavaXmlSensor [java] (done) | time=2ms
INFO: Sensor HTML [web]
INFO: Sensor HTML [web] (done) | time=158ms
INFO: Sensor PHP sensor [php]
INFO: Starting PHP symbol indexer
INFO: 117 source files to be analyzed
INFO: 117/117 source files have been analyzed
INFO: Starting PHP rules
INFO: 117 source files to be analyzed
INFO: 117/117 source files have been analyzed
INFO: No PHPUnit test report provided (see 'sonar.php.tests.reportPath' property)
INFO: No PHPUnit coverage reports provided (see 'sonar.php.coverage.reportPaths' property)
INFO: Sensor PHP sensor [php] (done) | time=6298ms
INFO: Sensor Analyzer for "php.ini" files [php]
INFO: Sensor Analyzer for "php.ini" files [php] (done) | time=4ms
INFO: Sensor VB.NET Properties [vbnet]
INFO: Sensor VB.NET Properties [vbnet] (done) | time=1ms
INFO: ------------- Run sensors on project
INFO: Sensor Zero Coverage Sensor
INFO: Sensor Zero Coverage Sensor (done) | time=119ms
INFO: CPD Executor 15 files had no CPD blocks
INFO: CPD Executor Calculating CPD for 102 files
INFO: CPD Executor CPD calculation finished (done) | time=204ms
INFO: Analysis report generated in 296ms, dir size=841 KB
INFO: Analysis report compressed in 3616ms, zip size=405 KB
INFO: Analysis report uploaded in 48ms
INFO: ANALYSIS SUCCESSFUL, you can browse http://192.168.56.11:9000/dashboard?id=sample_repository
INFO: Note that you will be able to access the updated dashboard once the server has processed the submitted analysis report
INFO: More about the report processing at http://192.168.56.11:9000/api/ce/task?id=AXZgftmd0KTeXs8mUTSA
INFO: Analysis total time: 32.039 s
INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO: EXECUTION SUCCESS
INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO: Total time: 33.758s
INFO: Final Memory: 7M/34M
INFO: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
PS C:\Users\tadashi.oya\work\testdir\repository>

[tadashi.oya]

Has anyone reproduced this issue?

[ganncamp (G Ann Campbell)]

Hi,

Welcome to the community!

It looks like your \t and \n got interpreted as whitespace characters. You’re going to either need to flip your slashes (.../testdir/node-v14.15.1-win-x64/node.exe) or escape them (...\\testdir\\node-v14.15.1-win-x64\\node.exe)

 
HTH,
Ann

[tadashi.oya]

Hi,
Thank you for your response.

“\\testdir\\node-v14.15.1-win-x64\\node.exe” works fine. It says

INFO: Using Node.js executable C:\Users\tadashi.oya\work\testdir\node-v14.15.1-win-x64\node.exe from property sonar.nodejs.executable.

“/testdir/node-v14.15.1-win-x64/node.exe” gets following error

ERROR: Provided Node.js executable file does not exist. Property 'sonar.nodejs.executable' was to '"C:/Users/tadashi.oya/work/testdir/node-v14.15.1-win-x64/node.exe"'

I want sonar.nodejs.executable to interpret ‘\node.exe’ as ‘\node.exe’ literally.
I would like to wait for the day when this issue gets a fix someday.

Thank you.