if [ "x$pidpath" != "x" ]; then
        fess_parms="$fess_parms -Dfess.pidfile=$pidpath"
    fi

    # Make sure we don't use any predefined locale, as we check some exception message strings and rely on english language
    # As those strings are created by the OS, they are dependent on the configured locale
    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
    LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8

    export HOSTNAME=`hostname -s`

    cd "$FESS_HOME"