I think part of the reason is that only the unix scripts got an update via https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-2453
consistency is good and simpler from a doc perspective. On 13 November 2013 12:21, Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I was looking at ticket > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-3101 > > > I wonder why starting ActiveMQ on windows and unix is different, according to > http://activemq.apache.org/version-5-getting-started.html#Version5GettingStarted-StartingActiveMQ > > On windows we tell users to do > bin\activemq > > And on unix > bin/activemq start > > eg on unix you pass in the start command. > > I would prefer that on Windows you should pass on the command as well such as > bin\activemq start > > Otherwise you cannot get the help syntax by just using bin/activemq > > Usage: Main [--extdir <dir>] [task] [task-options] [task data] > > Tasks: > browse - Display selected messages in a > specified destination. > bstat - Performs a predefined query that > displays useful statistics regarding the specified broker > create - Creates a runnable broker instance in > the specified path. > decrypt - Decrypts given text > dstat - Performs a predefined query that > displays useful tabular statistics regarding the specified destination > type > encrypt - Encrypts given text > export - Exports a stopped brokers data files to > an archive file > list - Lists all available brokers in the > specified JMX context > purge - Delete selected destination's messages > that matches the message selector > query - Display selected broker component's > attributes and statistics. > start - Creates and starts a broker using a > configuration file, or a broker URI. > stop - Stops a running broker specified by the > broker name. > > > So I would if we should change this for Windows in the activemq.bat > file, to not have the "start" command in there. So its consistent with > unix. > > And also fixes AMQ-3101 > > > Anyone know any reason about the "start" in the bin/activemq.bat file? > > > > > > -- > Claus Ibsen > ----------------- > Red Hat, Inc. > Email: cib...@redhat.com > Twitter: davsclaus > Blog: http://davsclaus.com > Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen -- http://redhat.com http://blog.garytully.com
