javaw launcher

[Kumar Srinivasan]

On 9/24/2012 6:46 AM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> ----- 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.
I agree, a symlink in the distro would be sufficient.

Kumar

>
> Cheers,