Remembering How to Run Java Applications

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This is like a quick note to myself on how to run Java applications on OS/2/ArcaOS/eCS.

Easy Way

If the Java application is configured in a modern way with a .jar file, it may be as easy as:

java -jar APPNAME.jar

Ex:

java -Duser.home=%HOME%\UPM -jar upm.jar
java -jar jstart.jar 2>JPasswordGenerator-bugs.txt
javaw -Duser.home=%HOME%\genj -Xmx512m -Xms32m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -jar run.jar %1 2>genj-bugs.txt
java -Xms256m -Xmx256m -Duser.home=%HOME%\ttfedit -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=100000 -Xincgc -Dsun.java2d.d3d=True -Dsun.java2d.d3dtexbpp=16 -Dsun.java2d.translaccel=true -Dsun.java2d.ddscale=true -jar ttfedit.jar 2>ttfedit-bugs.txt
java -Duser.home=%HOME%\CDOX -jar cdox.jar %1 2>CDOX-bugs.txt

Running Directly the Classname

It is usualy when you don't have the .jar file too.

Ex

java DigiClock

Running Java with Classpath the Main Class Name

For some applications that may or not be on a .jar file but you have to specify the class name it may be something like:

java -cp . CLASSNAME

Ex:

java -cp . JCalc
java -cp aim.jar main.Oscar
java -classpath AktienMan.jar AktienMan
java -cp .\lib\*; com.dMSN.Main
java -cp lib/dllStuff.jar;lib/dMSN.jar;lib/jdom1_0.jar;lib/JFlash.jar;lib/looks-1.3b1.jar;lib/Skins.jar;lib/xmlpull.jar;lib/jazzy_spellcheck.jar;lib/commons-jxpath-1.1.jar;lib/sbbi-upnplib-1.0.2.jar;lib/substance.jar;lib/VidConf-libs.jar;lib/JavaLibs-windows.jar; com.dMSN.Main
java -cp JSuperChat.jar;JSuperChatResources.jar com.zion.jsuperchat.Main