Re: [Wrapper-user] Configuration Properties

[Leif M. <le...@ta...>]

Barry,
Yes, it works the same on all platforms.  %VAR% syntax is used rather
than the standard UNIX $VAR format so the wrapper.conf file will work
on all platforms without modification.

Take a look at this page for more details:
http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org/doc/english/props-envvars.html

Cheers,
Leif

Barry Molof wrote:
> Hello Leif,
>  
> Could I get the same functionality in Linux\Solaris?  Have a common 
> wrapper.conf file that includes another app specific conf file based 
> on an environment variable.
>  
> Thanks,
> Barry
>  
> On 6/4/07, *Barry Molof* <bm...@gm... <mailto:bm...@gm...>> 
> wrote:
>
>     I got it working.  The bat file to install the service that comes
>     with the distribution does not allow you to add extra parameters. 
>     If I do as you say and run the wrapper.exe directly to install it
>     then everything works great.
>      
>     Thank you for your help.
>
>      
>     On 6/4/07, *Barry Molof* <bm...@gm...
>     <mailto:bm...@gm...>> wrote:
>
>         This didn't seem to work.  I have a wrapper.conf with only
>         #include %WRAPPER_CONF_INCLUDE% and I run the NT Service
>         install bat file as:
>
>         InstallService.bat .\wrapper.conf
>         set.WRAPPER_CONF_INCLUDE=..\agent\conf\wrapper.conf
>          
>         When I do this, it looks like it is never reading the
>         agent\conf\wrapper.conf file at all since a service called
>         wrapper is installed instead of the name I am giving it in the
>         application conf file.
>          
>         On 6/4/07, *Leif Mortenson* <le...@ta...
>         <mailto:le...@ta...>> wrote:
>
>             Barry,
>             > When running wrapper.exe directly you have the choice to
>             specify
>             > configuration properties on the command line. Is it
>             possible to
>             > install a windows service using the Install bat file and
>             to specify
>             > configuration properties to set when it starts?
>             Anything placed on the command line when the service in
>             installed
>             will be placed into the registry and used again when the
>             service is
>             started.
>             >
>             > What I would like to do is have a common conf file that
>             is called
>             > first which would then include another application
>             specific conf file
>             > that is pointed to by a configuration property specified
>             when the
>             > wrapper.exe service is called. Is this possible?
>             Try this.
>             Start by specifying the following to include your config
>             file from the
>             primary wrapper.conf:
>             ---
>             #include %WRAPPER_CONF_INCLUDE%
>             ---
>
>             Then put the following on the command line when installing
>             the service:
>             wrapper.exe -i ..\conf\wrapper.conf
>             set.WRAPPER_CONF_INCLUDE=../myapp.conf
>
>             Cheers,
>             Leif
>