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hi guys,
i have written a java program which is basically a port of the famous BSD games fortune.
Whenever i have to run the program i have to do:
java jfortune <filename>
now i was just wondering how i can run this like a normal program(you know the ones which are in /usr/bin) and have it run automatically without having to have the .class file in the same directory and without having to type java.
do you think writing a small shell script to do this would work?
thanks a lot.
In the command-line, you may always have to type 'java'. If you want to use the same program regularly, then you can make a script and put it in /usr/bin:
#contents of script
java jfortune <filename>
In a GUI, you can associate the class files with java
the hotspot JIT compiler has proven to be faster in cases than native executables, from what I have read... I can't back that up or explain it, but I'm certain I have seen that comment floating around in several places (IE news://comp.java.lang.programmer)
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