jMax can be run by executing the jmax
shell script.
This script is located in the following directories:
/usr/bin
if jMax has been installed (note that
this directory may vary depending on your platform)
<jMax root directory>/bin
if jMax has not
been installed and is ran from a source distribution. In this case, the
-root
option must be passed to the jmax
script
This script accepts a set of options (see jmax -help for description) that are either interpreted by the script or passed as command line arguments to the Java application.
The -root
option of the jmax
script specifies the
root directory, i.e. where the jMax resources (Java classes, server binaries,
configuration files, standard packages, ...) are located. jMax
default root directory is /usr/lib/jmax
and the installation
process (either 'make install' or platform-specific installer) places
resources there. If running from a source distribution, the
-root
option must be used to specify in which directory
the resources are located, as in:
jmax -root /home/francois/jmax
jMax uses a number of configuration parameters to parametrize the system
at startup.These parameters appear as TCL variables and can be also set via the command line:
The parameter values given in the command line overwrite all default values given
in the user or site specific configuration files (see down).
The chapter
configuration
of this documentation explain the different jMax configuration parameters.
At least one of the host parameters
should be set properly in order to start jMax in a default setup.
The user can implicitly define his own options in the command line using the same syntax
like for the configuration parameters.
For example, the command
Command Line Arguments
sets the jMax server host name to jack and the user option
named myOption to the value pho while starting up jMax.
The value of this user option can be accessed through the TCL command
systemProperty
For example in the following construct:
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