Hello!
The applied patch updates the documentation of using binfmt_misc to
execute Java applications. It adds support for executable jar files, the
normal packaging for Java applications.
With Windows, you just double-click on the file, so Linux should be able
to run them, too :-)
Kurt
P.S.: I am not subscribed.
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--- /usr/src/linux/Documentation/java.txt Thu Jul 1 19:47:08 1999 +++ linux/Documentation/java.txt Tue Jun 26 15:08:13 2001 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - Java(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux v1.02 + Java(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux v1.03 ---------------------------------------------- Linux beats them ALL! While all other OS's are TALKING about direct @@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ (you should really have read binfmt_misc.txt now): support for Java applications: ':Java:M::\xca\xfe\xba\xbe::/usr/local/bin/javawrapper:' + support for executable Jar files: + ':ExecutableJAR:E::jar::/usr/local/bin/jarwrapper:' support for Java Applets: ':Applet:E::html::/usr/bin/appletviewer:' or the following, if you want to be more selective: @@ -343,7 +345,15 @@ ====================== Cut here =================== -Now simply chmod +x the .class and/or .html files you want to execute. +====================== Cut here =================== +#!/bin/bash +# /usr/local/java/bin/jarwrapper - the wrapper for binfmt_misc/jar + +java -jar $1 +====================== Cut here =================== + + +Now simply chmod +x the .class, .jar and/or .html files you want to execute. To add a Java program to your path best put a symbolic link to the main .class file into /usr/bin (or another place you like) omitting the .class extension. The directory containing the original .class file will be @@ -369,6 +379,11 @@ ./HelloWorld.class +To execute Java Jar files, simple chmod the *.jar files to include +the execution bit, then just do + ./Application.jar + + To execute Java Applets, simple chmod the *.html files to include the execution bit, then just do ./Applet.html @@ -376,5 +391,6 @@ originally by Brian A. Lantz, brian@lantz.com heavily edited for binfmt_misc by Richard Günther -new scripts by Colin J. Watson <cjw44@cam.ac.uk>. +new scripts by Colin J. Watson <cjw44@cam.ac.uk> +added executable Jar file support by Kurt Huwig <kurt@iku-netz.de>
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