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Created January 17, 2011 05:21
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#!/bin/sh
# simple script for turning a jar with a Main-Class
# into a stand alone executable
# cat [your jar file] >> [this file]
# then chmod +x [this file]
# you can now exec [this file]
commandToRun="$(printf "%q " "$@")"
if test "$commandToRun" = "'' "; then
eval "exec java -Xmx1G -jar $0"
else
eval "exec java -Xmx1G -jar $0 $commandToRun"
fi
@briandealwis
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Nice discovery! This can be simplified to a single line: https://gist.github.com/782862

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This doesn't seem to work any more 😞

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