--- old/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/example/debug/tty/VMConnection.java	2012-03-27 19:42:23.856090531 +0200
+++ new/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/example/debug/tty/VMConnection.java	2012-03-27 19:42:23.310069918 +0200
@@ -113,6 +113,21 @@
             String name = token.substring(0, index);
             String value = token.substring(index + 1,
                                            token.length() - 1); // Remove comma delimiter
+            /*
+             *  unquote values for options (single and/or double quotes)
+             *  needed for quote enclosed delimited substrings
+             */
+            if (name.equals("options")) {
+                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+                for (String s : value.split("\\s+")) {
+                    while (isEnclosed(s, "\"") || isEnclosed(s, "'")) {
+                        s = s.substring(1, s.length() - 1);
+                    }
+                    sb.append(s);
+                    sb.append(" ");
+                }
+                value = sb.toString();
+            }
 
             Connector.Argument argument = arguments.get(name);
             if (argument == null) {
@@ -136,6 +151,16 @@
         return arguments;
     }
 
+    private static boolean isEnclosed(String value, String enclosingChar) {
+        if (value.indexOf(enclosingChar) == 0) {
+            int lastIndex = value.lastIndexOf(enclosingChar);
+            if (lastIndex > 0 && lastIndex  == value.length() - 1) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     VMConnection(String connectSpec, int traceFlags) {
         String nameString;
         String argString;