Icon Launcher + .jar file

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jul 6 03:29:50 UTC 2007


On 07/05/2007 08:00 PM, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> Any link to documentation on this so that I understand better why you
>> need the java -jar command?
> 
> Basically, it's because JAR files neither contain native code that can
> be executed directly, nor a sha-bang (line  (like #!/bin/bash) as the
> first line.
> 
> Matt Flaschen
> 


Got it... similar to running a windows program under WINE etc. where you
must first state what program needs to be run first in order to
interpret the underlying program/code.

Thanks.








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