Index: src/java/lucli/Lucli.java
===================================================================
--- src/java/lucli/Lucli.java	(revision 892706)
+++ src/java/lucli/Lucli.java	(working copy)
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@
 	boolean enableReadline; //false: use plain java. True: shared library readline
 
 	/**
-		Main entry point. The first argument can be a filename with an
-		application initialization file.
+		Main entry point. An optional first argument can be a path to the index to use
 		*/
 
 	public Lucli(String[] args) throws IOException {
 		String line;
+		String index;
 
 		historyFile = System.getProperty("user.home") + File.separator	+ HISTORYFILE;
 
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@
 		addCommand("explain", EXPLAIN, "Explanation that describes how the document scored against query. Example: explain foo", 1);
 		addCommand("analyzer", ANALYZER, "Specifies the Analyzer class to be used. Example: analyzer org.apache.lucene.analysis.SimpleAnalyzer", 1);
 
-		//parse command line arguments
-		parseArgs(args);
-
 		ConsoleReader cr = new ConsoleReader();
 		//Readline.readHistoryFile(fullPath);
 		cr.setHistory(new History(new File(historyFile)));
@@ -104,8 +101,15 @@
         };
     cr.addCompletor (new ArgumentCompletor(comp));
 
+		//parse command line arguments
+		if (args.length > 0){
+  		index = args[0];
+		} else {
+		  index = DEFAULT_INDEX;
+		}
+
 		// main input loop
-		luceneMethods = new LuceneMethods(DEFAULT_INDEX);
+		luceneMethods = new LuceneMethods(index);
 		while (true) {
 			try {
 				line = cr.readLine("lucli> ");
@@ -282,16 +286,6 @@
 		System.out.println(text);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Parse command line arguments (currently none)
-	 */
-	private void parseArgs(String[] args) {
-		if (args.length > 0) {
-			usage();
-			System.exit(1);
-		}
-	}
-
 	private void usage() {
 		message("Usage: lucli.Lucli");
 		message("(currently, no parameters are supported)");
Index: run.sh
===================================================================
--- run.sh	(revision 892706)
+++ run.sh	(working copy)
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 #JAVA_HOME=/home/dror/j2sdk1.4.1_03/
 CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH}:$LUCLI/lib/jline.jar:$LUCLI/lib/lucene.jar:$LUCLI/dist/lucli-dev.jar
 export CLASSPATH
-$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -Xmx${LUCLI_MEMORY} lucli.Lucli
+$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -Xmx${LUCLI_MEMORY} lucli.Lucli $1