Hi, In release 4.10.3, the following lines were removed from solr starting script (bin/solr)
# TODO: see SOLR-3619, need to support server or example # depending on the version of Solr if [ -e "$SOLR_TIP/server/start.jar" ]; then DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR=$SOLR_TIP/server else DEFAULT_SERVER_DIR=$SOLR_TIP/example fi However, the usage message always say " -d <dir> Specify the Solr server directory; defaults to server" Either the usage have to be fixed or the removed lines put back to the script. Personally, I like the default to server directory. My installation process in order to have a clean empty solr instance is to copy examples into server and remove directories like example-DIH, example-shemaless, multicore and solr/collection1 Solr server (or node) can be started without the -d parameter. If this makes sense, a Jira issue could be open. Dominique http://www.eolya.fr/
