set path for RUNNING_PID in play server application - Windows system

Question

Is there a way to configure the RUNNING_PID file path in play server to the home directory of the user on Windows system. I know one way is to configure path in application.conf, but that path may not exist on user system at all and it would be a static path. Can the path be set programatically to user home directory when server starts?

Thank you.

Answer 1

From Play documentation, you can specify the pidfile path at start with the option:

$ /path/to/bin/<project-name> -Dpidfile.path=/var/run/play.pid

This will work also on Windows

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