----- Original Message ----- > hi all, > this may seem a strange request but here goes.. > > IBM ships its runtimes with a javaw launcher on all platforms - not > just Windows. > > We do this for consistency reasons so that applications using Java > know that they can just call "javaw" on any platform and not have > to worry about getting a console window show up. It makes life > just a little simpler and easier for everyone. > > What I'd like to explore is either getting javaw added to all > platforms in OpenJDK- or figure out if there is a moral equivalent > that can be used instead. > > Your thoughts would be appreciated.. > > Cheers > > Steve > >
Couldn't javaw just be a symlink on some platforms? I don't see how it would be any different on, say, GNU/Linux platforms. Cheers, -- Andrew :) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) PGP Key: 248BDC07 (https://keys.indymedia.org/) Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F 8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07
