# Findbugs text report doesn't work

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/findbugs-text-report-doesnt-work/2332>\
**Category:** Old Forum Archive\
**Created:** [January 16, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/findbugs-text-report-doesnt-work/2332 "2014-01-16T17:28:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 7

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![AlexejK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/alexejk/32/487_2.png) [@AlexejK](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/AlexejK)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/findbugs-text-report-doesnt-work/2332/7 "2014-01-20T11:44:00Z")

</div>

```gradle
12:42:04.256 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] Caused by: org.gradle.api.GradleException: FindBugs encountered an error. Run with --debug to get more information.
12:42:04.257 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.FindBugs.evaluateResult(FindBugs.groovy:211)
12:42:04.257 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.FindBugs.run(FindBugs.groovy:180)
12:42:04.257 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:63)
12:42:04.257 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory$StandardTaskAction.doExecute(AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory.java:219)
12:42:04.257 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory$StandardTaskAction.execute(AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory.java:212)
12:42:04.257 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory$StandardTaskAction.execute(AnnotationProcessingTaskFactory.java:201)
12:42:04.257 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:533)
12:42:04.257 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractTask$TaskActionWrapper.execute(AbstractTask.java:516)
12:42:04.258 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:80)
12:42:04.258 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:61)
12:42:04.258 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
... 52 more
12:42:04.258 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter] Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown option: -text
12:42:04.258 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at edu.umd.cs.findbugs.config.CommandLine.parse(CommandLine.java:321)
12:42:04.258 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at edu.umd.cs.findbugs.config.CommandLine.expandOptionFiles(CommandLine.java:177)
12:42:04.258 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at edu.umd.cs.findbugs.FindBugs.processCommandLine(FindBugs.java:333)
12:42:04.258 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.internal.findbugs.FindBugsExecuter.runFindbugs(FindBugsExecuter.java:43)
12:42:04.258 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.internal.findbugs.FindBugsWorkerServer.execute(FindBugsWorkerServer.java:44)
12:42:04.258 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.internal.findbugs.FindBugsWorkerServer.execute(FindBugsWorkerServer.java:35)
12:42:04.258 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.api.plugins.quality.internal.findbugs.FindBugsWorkerServer.execute(FindBugsWorkerServer.java:26)
12:42:04.258 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.process.internal.child.ActionExecutionWorker.execute(ActionExecutionWorker.java:78)
12:42:04.258 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.process.internal.child.ActionExecutionWorker.execute(ActionExecutionWorker.java:35)
12:42:04.259 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.process.internal.child.ImplementationClassLoaderWorker.execute(ImplementationClassLoaderWorker.java:85)
12:42:04.259 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.process.internal.child.ImplementationClassLoaderWorker.execute(ImplementationClassLoaderWorker.java:41)
12:42:04.259 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.process.internal.child.IsolatedApplicationClassLoaderWorker.call(IsolatedApplicationClassLoaderWorker.java:48)
12:42:04.259 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.process.internal.child.IsolatedApplicationClassLoaderWorker.call(IsolatedApplicationClassLoaderWorker.java:30)
12:42:04.259 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.process.internal.launcher.GradleWorkerMain.run(GradleWorkerMain.java:32)
12:42:04.259 [ERROR] [org.gradle.BuildExceptionReporter]
at org.gradle.process.internal.launcher.GradleWorkerMain.main(GradleWorkerMain.java:37)

```

---

_[View the full topic](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/findbugs-text-report-doesnt-work/2332)._