When you set up AS7/EAP6 server with a space in the path, the server is started with something like this:
-Dlogging.configuration=file:/Users/rasp/jbossqa/runtimes/space%20dir/jboss-as-7.1.1.Final/standalone/configuration/logging.properties

Note %20 in the path - it is used instead of real space. When you start the server from command line using ./standalone.sh, this doesn't happen and there is normal space.