---
name: "jsvc"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "jsvc"
version: "1.0.15-11"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jsvc"
---

# jsvc(1)

application to launch java daemon

## NAME

jsvc - application to launch java daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**jsvc** \[-jvm *JVM name*\] \[-client *client JVM*\] \[-server *server JVM*\] \[-classpath *path*\] \[-cp *path*\] \[-java-home *directory*\] \[-version\] \[-help\] \[-?\] \[-nodetach\] \[-debug\] \[-check\] \[-user *user*\] \[-wait *waittime*\] \[-umask *mask*\] \[-stop\] \[-verbose*:class\|gc\|jni*\] \[-outfile */full/path/to/file*\] \[-errfile */full/path/to/file*\] \[-pidfile */full/path/to/file*\] \[-Dproperty=*value*\] \[-X*option*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**jsvc** executes *classfile* that implements a Daemon interface.

## OPTIONS

**-jvm** JVM name

use a specific Java Virtual Machine.

**-client** client JVM

use a client Java Virtual Machine.

**-server** server JVM

use a server Java Virtual Machine.

**-cp/ -classpath** directory and zip/jar files

set search path for service classes and resouces

- **-java-home** directory

  set the path of your JDK or JRE installation (or set the JAVA\_HOME environment variable)

- **-version**

  show the current Java environment version (to check correctness of -home and -jvm. Implies -nodetach)

- **-help**

  show this help page (implies -nodetach)

- **-nodetach**

  don't detach from parent process and become a daemon

- **-debug**

  verbosely print debugging information

- **-check**

  only check service (implies -nodetach)

- **-stop**

  stop the service using the file given in the -pidfile option

- **-wait** waittime

  wait up to waittime seconds for the service to start waittime should multiple of 10 (min=10)

- **-umask** mask

  sets the file mode creation mask

- **-user** user

  user used to run the daemon (defaults to current user)

- **-verbose\[:class\|gc\|jni\]**

  enable verbose output

- **-outfile** /full/path/to/file

  Location for output from stdout (defaults to /dev/null). Use the value '&2' to simulate '1\>&2', or 'SYSLOG' to send output to the system log.

- **-errfile** /full/path/to/file

  Location for output from stderr (defaults to /dev/null). Use the value '&1' to simulate '2\>&1', or 'SYSLOG' to send output to the system log.

- **-pidfile** /full/path/to/file

  Location for output from the file containing the pid of jsvc (defaults to /var/run/jsvc.pid)

**-D**\<name\>=\<value\>

set a Java system property

**-X**\<option\>

set Virtual Machine specific option

## AUTHOR

JSVC is part of the Apache Commons Daemon project. Authors are Jean-Frederic Clere, Remy Maucherat, Yoav Shapira, Bill Barker, Mladen Turk. JSVC is released under the Apache License Version 2.0.