> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forbes, Chris
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 9:02 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Starting James in same jvm
>
> I am trying out James, version 1.2.1, on NT4.0, patch 6.
>
> I wish to start James from my own Java application and to this end have
> written a small test java class, StartJames, that instanciates an instance
> of org.apache.avalon.loader.Main and then calls the main routine with an
> args vector that has: {"-c", "config path", "-p",
> "org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser", "-l" "path to avalon.log"}.
>
> Of course, the arguments in args are valid paths. When I run this test
> program, I get the following output:
> parser : org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser
> configurationPath : d:/Program Files/MailServer/James/conf/
> logFile : d:/Program Files/MailServer/James/logs/avalon.log
> libPath : ../lib/
> blockPath : ./blocks/
>
> The first three items are fine, just as I specified in the args vector.
>
> My problem is that the last two items seem to be hard coded, "../lib" and
> "./blocks". If I actually put those directories relative to the place
> where I run my test program, then it works fine. But that is not very
> configurable and won't work for the purpose I have in mind.
>
> My question is: Is there a way to make org.apache.avalon.loader.Main aware
> of libPath and blockPath? For instance, via a call to
> System.setProperty("libPath","path").
>
> If not, is there another way to start James programatically?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris Forbes
>
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