javaw launcher

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> hi all,
> 	this may seem a strange request but here goes..
> 
> IBM ships  its runtimes with a javaw launcher on all platforms - not
> just Windows.
> 
> We do this for consistency reasons so that applications using Java
> know that they can just call "javaw"  on any platform and not have
> to worry about getting a console window show up.   It makes life
> just a little simpler and easier for everyone.
> 
> What I'd like to explore is either getting javaw added to all
> platforms in OpenJDK- or figure out if there is a moral equivalent
> that can be used instead.
> 
> Your thoughts would be appreciated..
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Steve
> 
> 

Couldn't javaw just be a symlink on some platforms?  I don't see how it
would be any different on, say, GNU/Linux platforms.

Cheers,
-- 
Andrew :)

Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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