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The geronimo command lets you perform the previous two actions, that is start and stop the server in different modes depending on the parameters you specify. This command has the following syntax:

<geronimo_home>/bin/geronimo [options]

The available options are:

debug
This option will start the server in JDB debugger.

jpda run
This option will start the server in foreground under JPDA debugger

jpda start
This option will start the server in background under JPDA debugger.

run
This option will start the server in the current window.

start
This option will start the server in a separate window just like the startup command.

stop
This option will stop the server.

Both start and stop options for this command will have the same set of parameters as the startup and shutdown commands.