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diff --git a/start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/README.txt b/start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a7e630d948 --- /dev/null +++ b/start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Jetty start +----------- + +Jetty start provides a cross platform replacement for startup scripts. +It makes use of executable JAR mechanism, which lets application packaged as JAR +to be started with simple command line: + + java -jar start.jar [jetty.xml ... ] + +or to see debug output + + java -Dorg.eclipse.jetty.launcher.debug=true -jar start.jar [jetty.xml ... ] + +What launcher does is: + +- Figures out correct location of Jetty home directory. + +- Configures classpath based on which JDK version it has been run with +and what classes are available (for example, someone might have servlet classes +in ext directory of JDK, or JSSE needs to be inlcuded on JDK 1.3 but is +built-in in JDK 1.4 etc.) +- Looks for Sun's JAVAC (required for Jasper JSP engine) +and puts it in classpath. For this to work, launcher has to be started +with JDK, not JRE! +- After classpath has been configured, it invokes org.eclipse.jetty.Server +with any command line arguments it received. +- When there are no commandline args, launcher starts Jetty Demo +(using configuration files etc/demo.xml and etc/admin.xml) and on Windows +platform it also attemts to invoke Internet Explorer with jetty demo URL +(http://localhost:8080/). + +This means Windows users who have file type association for JAR files +setup to launch jar using JDK can now lauch jetty with simple +doubleclick on start.jar, or typing "start.jar" in shell window when in Jetty +home directory. + +Any unknown JARs found in ext subdirectory of Jetty home will be +added to classpath. Users can place libraries common to multiple contexts there. |