On Sat, 5 Jan 2008, Dave wrote: > Dan Garrette wrote: > > I'm having a problem running JAR files in cygwin. > > > > If I attempt to call a JAR file using its relative path, then it works > > fine: > > > > But, if I attempt to call a JAR file using its full path, the file no > > longer seems visible: > > > > $ pwd > > /usr/local/bin > > $ java -jar /usr/local/bin/malt-1.0.1/malt.jar > > Unable to access jarfile /usr/local/bin/malt-1.0.1/malt.jar > > The java executable is not cygwin aware, so in both DOS and cygwin > environments you need to use windows paths. You can use cygpath to do > the translation if necessary. > > $ java -jar `cygpath -m /usr/local/bin/malt-1.0.1/malt.jar`
Or use the Java wrapper scripts from <http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/wrappers/java/?cvsroot=cygwin-apps>. :-) > > It works just fine in DOS: > > > > D:\>java -jar c:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\malt-1.0.1\malt.jar > > <correct output> > > As expected. Indeed. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary. Go and study it." -- Rabbi Hillel -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
