I agree. Putting too much in the activemq unix start script was an oversight and led to some bugs and inconsistencies we could have avoided.
Regards -- Dejan Bosanac ---------------------- Red Hat, Inc. FuseSource is now part of Red Hat dbosa...@redhat.com Twitter: @dejanb Blog: http://sensatic.net ActiveMQ in Action: http://www.manning.com/snyder/ On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Hiram Chirino <hi...@hiramchirino.com>wrote: > I kinda wish that both activemq unix script and activemq were simple > start activemq in the foreground scripts. Starting activemq as a > service/background is different on Windows and Linux/Unix so that > should done using other extra files etc. > > For example we could have a bin/activemq-service script for unix that > handles doing the init.d unix stuff: 'activemq-service start' > 'activemq-service stop' etc. > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Thanks > > > > So I assume it would be okay to remove the start from the > > activemq.bat, and have Windows users start the broker as we do unix. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Gary Tully <gary.tu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I think part of the reason is that only the unix scripts got an update > >> via https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-2453 > >> > >> consistency is good and simpler from a doc perspective. > >> > >> On 13 November 2013 12:21, Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> I was looking at ticket > >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-3101 > >>> > >>> > >>> I wonder why starting ActiveMQ on windows and unix is different, > according to > >>> > http://activemq.apache.org/version-5-getting-started.html#Version5GettingStarted-StartingActiveMQ > >>> > >>> On windows we tell users to do > >>> bin\activemq > >>> > >>> And on unix > >>> bin/activemq start > >>> > >>> eg on unix you pass in the start command. > >>> > >>> I would prefer that on Windows you should pass on the command as well > such as > >>> bin\activemq start > >>> > >>> Otherwise you cannot get the help syntax by just using bin/activemq > >>> > >>> Usage: Main [--extdir <dir>] [task] [task-options] [task data] > >>> > >>> Tasks: > >>> browse - Display selected messages in a > >>> specified destination. > >>> bstat - Performs a predefined query that > >>> displays useful statistics regarding the specified broker > >>> create - Creates a runnable broker instance in > >>> the specified path. > >>> decrypt - Decrypts given text > >>> dstat - Performs a predefined query that > >>> displays useful tabular statistics regarding the specified destination > >>> type > >>> encrypt - Encrypts given text > >>> export - Exports a stopped brokers data files to > >>> an archive file > >>> list - Lists all available brokers in the > >>> specified JMX context > >>> purge - Delete selected destination's messages > >>> that matches the message selector > >>> query - Display selected broker component's > >>> attributes and statistics. > >>> start - Creates and starts a broker using a > >>> configuration file, or a broker URI. > >>> stop - Stops a running broker specified by the > >>> broker name. > >>> > >>> > >>> So I would if we should change this for Windows in the activemq.bat > >>> file, to not have the "start" command in there. So its consistent with > >>> unix. > >>> > >>> And also fixes AMQ-3101 > >>> > >>> > >>> Anyone know any reason about the "start" in the bin/activemq.bat file? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Claus Ibsen > >>> ----------------- > >>> Red Hat, Inc. > >>> Email: cib...@redhat.com > >>> Twitter: davsclaus > >>> Blog: http://davsclaus.com > >>> Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://redhat.com > >> http://blog.garytully.com > > > > > > > > -- > > Claus Ibsen > > ----------------- > > Red Hat, Inc. > > Email: cib...@redhat.com > > Twitter: davsclaus > > Blog: http://davsclaus.com > > Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen > > > > -- > Hiram Chirino > > Engineering | Red Hat, Inc. > > hchir...@redhat.com | fusesource.com | redhat.com > > skype: hiramchirino | twitter: @hiramchirino > > blog: Hiram Chirino's Bit Mojo >
