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diff --git a/openesb-standalone-packaging/src/main/resources/bin/openesb.sh b/openesb-standalone-packaging/src/main/resources/bin/openesb.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+### ====================================================================== ###
+##                                                                          ##
+##  OpenESB Standalone runtime Bootstrap Script                             ##
+##                                                                          ##
+### ====================================================================== ###
+
+DIRNAME=`dirname $0`
+PROGNAME=`basename $0`
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false;
+darwin=false;
+linux=false;
+case "`uname`" in
+    CYGWIN*)
+        cygwin=true
+        ;;
+
+    Darwin*)
+        darwin=true
+        ;;
+        
+    Linux)
+        linux=true
+        ;;
+esac
+
+# Force IPv4 on Linux systems since IPv6 doesn't work correctly with jdk5 and lower
+if [ "$linux" = "true" ]; then
+   JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true"
+fi
+
+# Setup OPENESB_HOME
+if [ "x$OPENESB_HOME" = "x" ]; then
+    # get the full path (without any relative bits)
+    OPENESB_HOME=`cd $DIRNAME/..; pwd`
+fi
+
+export OPENESB_HOME
+
+export JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS"
+
+# Setup the JVM
+if [ "x$JAVA" = "x" ]; then
+    if [ "x$JAVA_HOME" != "x" ]; then
+	JAVA="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    else
+	JAVA="java"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Setup the classpath
+runjar="$OPENESB_HOME/lib/openesb-standalone-bootstrap.jar"
+if [ ! -f "$runjar" ]; then
+    die "Missing required file: $runjar"
+fi
+OPENESB_BOOT_CLASSPATH="$runjar"
+
+
+# Display our environment
+echo "========================================================================="
+echo ""
+echo "  OpenESB Standalone Runtime Bootstrap Environment"
+echo ""
+echo "  OPENESB_HOME: $OPENESB_HOME"
+echo ""
+echo "  JAVA: $JAVA"
+echo ""
+echo "  JAVA_OPTS: $JAVA_OPTS"
+echo ""
+echo "  CLASSPATH: $OPENESB_BOOT_CLASSPATH"
+echo ""
+echo "========================================================================="
+echo ""
+
+# Execute the JVM in the foreground
+"$JAVA" $JAVA_OPTS \
+        -jar "$OPENESB_BOOT_CLASSPATH" \
+        "$@"
+OPENESB_STATUS=$?
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