Hi to everyone.

so i have , well a small problem.. i mean if its impossible (hate this word) i will survive

anywho.. there is a website mp3skyline.com

and they have a download utility called SkyShare

so this is java app and there is one wonderful skyshare-manager.jar

nooowwww

i can start the app if i run it this way:

say /home/me/skymanager/bin/skyshare-manager.jar

however if say i create a symlink in a different directory (or if say create a launcher (gnome)) i get the following:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: ../res/system.cfg (No such file or directory)

it's obvious that it needs the cfg file from ../res/

and its obvious that it would be easy if you could configure it somehow in sourches..

but

there are no sources and i ran out of ideas how to work around it.

once again. its not such of a big a problem, BUT ! i just want to have a nice launcher on my panel or a symlink in my PATH so to make my life easier

so... any ideas appreciated !!!

Injstead of creating a symlink, have you tried creating a shellscipt that launches /home/me/skymanager/bin/skyshare-manager.jar ?

well, the thing is that i wanted to post first in the newbie zone... and the reason was : i'm n00b

sooooo.. if you could give an example .. i would really appreciate

Just create a file and add these 2 lines:

cd /home/me/skymanager/bin
./skyshare-manager.jar

make the file executable by changing its permissions ("chmod +x filename" is the quickest method but you might prefer to have a finer control).

now run your script.

If you want to respect certain customs, it is also a good idea to add this as the first line: "#!/bin/sh" (or the path to the shell that you want the script to execute under)
This not only tells the script to run in bourne shell but passes information to the "file" command, telling it that it is in fact a script.

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Thanks alot mate... it really helped

little by little im going to learn what there is to learn about this beautiful OS