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authorThomas Watson2013-05-13 15:37:40 +0000
committerThomas Watson2013-05-13 15:38:32 +0000
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Bug 397598 - Update documentation for -console / osgi.console arguments
-rw-r--r--bundles/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html b/bundles/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html
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--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ line arguments. </p>
<dt>-configuration &lt;location&gt; (Main)</dt>
<dd>equivalent to setting <a href="#osgiconfigurationarea">osgi.configuration.area</a>
to &lt;location&gt;</dd>
- <dt>-console [port] (OSGi) </dt>
- <dd>equivalent to setting <a href="#osgiconsole">osgi.console</a> to [port].</dd>
+ <dt>-console [[host:]port] (OSGi) </dt>
+ <dd>equivalent to setting <a href="#osgiconsole">osgi.console</a> to [[host:]port].</dd>
<dt>-consoleLog (Runtime)</dt>
<dd>equivalent to setting <a href="#eclipseconsolelog">eclipse.consoleLog</a> to
&quot;true&quot;</dd>
@@ -494,12 +494,12 @@ will force eclipse to reinitialize these caches.</dd>
This value (i.e., the default setting) is only used if no value for the osgi.configuration.area
is set. See the section on <a href="#locations">locations</a> for
more details.</dd>
- <dt><a name="osgiconsole"></a>osgi.console {-console} </dt>
+ <dt><a name="osgiconsole"></a>osgi.console {-console [[host:]port]} </dt>
<dd>if set to a non-null value, the OSGi console (if installed) is enabled.
This is handy for investigating the state of the system.
- If the value is a suitable integer, it is interpreted as the port on which
- the console listens and directs its output to the given port. If the value is
- not a suitable integer (including the empty string) then the console will
+ The value syntax is [[host:]port] where the port and optional host name specify which port
+ and hostname on which the console listens and directs its output to. If the value does not
+ specify a valid port or hostname (including the empty string) then the console will
listen to System.in and direct its output to System.out.</dd>
<dt><a name="osgiconsoleclass"></a>osgi.console.class</dt>
<dd>the class name of the console to run if requested</dd>

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