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Bug 337816 - Virgo -F parameter doesn't work on Windows
Summary: Virgo -F parameter doesn't work on Windows
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Virgo
Classification: RT
Component: runtime (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0.0.M01   Edit
Hardware: PC All
: P3 minor (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.0.0.M02   Edit
Assignee: Hristo Iliev CLA
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Reported: 2011-02-22 07:11 EST by Alex Blewitt CLA
Modified: 2011-02-22 15:34 EST (History)
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Description Alex Blewitt CLA 2011-02-22 07:11:05 EST 
The Virgo documentation suggests that you can startup a Virgo isntance with a command line parameter using 'startup.sh -Fosgi.console=2401'.

Using Windows, running 'startup -Fosgi.console=2401', the console port does not appear to be activated. Instead, it looks like the property is defined but has no value. As a result, the osgi> prompt appears in the console log window of the running Virgo session, as if java -Dosgi.console -jar equinox.jar had been executed.
Comment 1 Glyn Normington CLA 2011-02-22 07:13:03 EST 
Alex: congratulations on being the first user to raise a bug against M01. :-)

Copying in Hristo for his consideration.
Comment 2 Hristo Iliev CLA 2011-02-22 10:25:59 EST 
Windows console understands "=" as separator and the line therefore translates as 'startup -Fosgi.console 2401'. 

Can you please try with:
startup "-Fosgi.console=2401"
Comment 3 Alex Blewitt CLA 2011-02-22 12:17:36 EST 
I never knew that :) Yes, using "-Fosgi.console=2401" works on the command line. 

Can the documentation (at http://www.eclipse.org/virgo/documentation/virgo-documentation-3.0.0.x/docs/virgo-user-guide/html/ch06.html) be suitably updated for us poor folk who use Windows on a daily basis?
Comment 4 Hristo Iliev CLA 2011-02-22 15:34:10 EST 
Added Windows/Linux specific startup documentation for the console with commit 7a8689850dd78d5669e9bf9f219baed562cdf154