path

The path argument specifies the full path of your JADE database directory in which your JADE database files are located.

This argument must be a valid existing JADE database path, and it must be specified if you are installing a non‑GUI client application service or you are running the jadclient program from the command prompt.

If no directory is specified for the path, it is assumed to be under the JADE HOME directory on the server node. For example, if your installation directory is Jade\bin (that is, your JADE HOME directory is Jade) and you specify path=system, the full directory path is Jade\system on the server.)

When a relative path name is used in the path argument of the command line, the path name is first converted to an absolute path, by using the following rules.

• A relative path name with a single leading slash (/) character is pre‑pended by the first two characters of the JADE HOME directory (that is, drive-letter:).

• Path names with no leading slash character are pre‑pended by the JADE HOME directory. The JADE HOME directory is assumed to be the parent of the bin directory.

In the following examples, the JADE HOME directory is assumed to be c:\jade.

Path Specified in the Command Line	Actual Path
path=/jade2018/system	c:/jade2018/system
path=system	c:/jade/system