# Doc bug with turning off daemon in a .bat file

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/doc-bug-with-turning-off-daemon-in-a-bat-file/19053>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Tags:** not-a-bug\
**Created:** [August 19, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/doc-bug-with-turning-off-daemon-in-a-bat-file/19053 "2016-08-19T12:30:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![jbaranski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jbaranski](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/jbaranski)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/doc-bug-with-turning-off-daemon-in-a-bat-file/19053/1 "2016-08-19T12:30:31Z")

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[https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/gradle\_daemon.html#daemon\_faq](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/gradle_daemon.html#daemon_faq)

`(if not exist "%USERPROFILE%/.gradle" mkdir "%USERPROFILE%/.gradle") && (echo org.gradle.daemon=false >> "%USERPROFILE%/.gradle/gradle.properties")`

This will break an existing gradle.properties file if it exists, contains other properties, and there is no new line at the end of the file.

Here is what I did to fix this:

`(if not exist "%USERPROFILE%/.gradle" mkdir "%USERPROFILE%/.gradle") && (echo. >> "%USERPROFILE%/.gradle/gradle.properties" && echo org.gradle.daemon=false >> "%USERPROFILE%/.gradle/gradle.properties")`

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**Author:** ![Stefan\_Wolf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/stefan_wolf/32/5519_2.png) [@Stefan\_Wolf](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Stefan_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/doc-bug-with-turning-off-daemon-in-a-bat-file/19053/2 "2016-08-31T15:40:15Z")

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Hi,

thanks for pointing that out. Would you be interested in opening a pull request for fixing the documentation?

Cheers,  
Stefan

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**Author:** ![jbaranski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jbaranski](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/jbaranski)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/doc-bug-with-turning-off-daemon-in-a-bat-file/19053/3 "2016-08-31T20:50:32Z")

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Yeah I can do that this weekend, I’ll give you a heads up after it’s submitted.

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**Author:** ![jbaranski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jbaranski](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/jbaranski)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/doc-bug-with-turning-off-daemon-in-a-bat-file/19053/4 "2016-09-04T12:07:33Z")

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> <https://github.com/gradle/gradle/pull/694>