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Error while executing java program with .sh file

I have error while executing java command with .sh file with external library.
I have wrote a script called executer.cmd which contains
java -cp .;hsql.jar hsqlconnector %*
its working fine with windows.
For Unix also I have wrote a script and make u+x with chmod but still m getting error
of
bash: hsql.jar command not found
My executor.sh looks like
java -cp .;hsql.jar hsqlconnector %*

On Linux you must use : (colon) instead of ; (semi-colon) to separate entries on a path, because ; has a different meaning in the shell on Linux.
See here:
http://www.coderanch.com/t/526784/Linux-UNIX/cp-linux-include-additional-jar

Error: could not find or load main class (another one)

I've searched throughout this site and tried a few solutions when receiving this message but nothing seems to work.
I am trying to invoke a shell script on Ubuntu 12.04.2 (with java-7-openjdk-amd64) that runs a java program and then I get a "Error: Could not find or load main class com.xx" error.
This is how my script invokes Java:
"$JAVA" $server_jvmargs $javaProps -Dxx.home="$XX_HOME" -Duser.dir="$XX_HOME" -cp $client_classpath $mainclass $args
And the arguments you see above are defined as follows:
args=$*
javaProps=
mainclass=com.xx
server_jvmargs="-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m $jvmargs"
XX_HOME="`pwd`/../.."
client_classpath="$XX_HOME/lib/client/patch.jar;$XX_HOME/lib/client/xyx-xxx.jar;$clientlibs;$XX_HOME/lib/server/standard-1.1.2.jar;$publictilesource;$respath;$XX_HOME/lib/client/xxmainclass.jar"
The mainclass variable is in the classpath located in the xxmainclass.jar file so I'm not sure as to why it cannot find it?
Does anyone have any ideas on what could be going on?

To see what actually happens when you run your script, invoke it with bash -x, or put set -x at the top; this will print each command before it's run, so you can see how it's actually starting the JVM. Without this information, it's hard to come up with a better diagnosis. That said...
You've been copying off Tomcat's startup scripts, it looks like. Don't; they're awful.
Something a little more correct on the shell side might look like this:
args=( "$#" )
javaProps=( )
mainclass=com.xx
server_jvmargs=( -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m "${jvmargs[#]}" )
XX_HOME="$PWD/../.."
client_classpath="$XX_HOME/lib/client/patch.jar:$XX_HOME/lib/client/xyx-xxx.jar:$clientlibs:$XX_HOME/lib/server/standard-1.1.2.jar:$publictilesource:$respath:$XX_HOME/lib/client/xxmainclass.jar"
java \
"${server_jvmargs[#]}" \
"${javaProps[#]}" \
-Dxx.home="$XX_HOME" \
-Duser.dir="$XX_HOME" \
-cp "$client_classpath" \
"$mainclass" "${args[#]}"
The use of ${foo[#]} expands the array foo with literal contents. Note that foo must be created as an array in this case, and you need to be using a shell that supports arrays (so your script needs to start with #!/bin/bash, not #!/bin/sh).
See http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/005 for an introduction to arrays in bash.

use a : instead of a ; in your classpath.
unix just rolls that way.

Try this:
Java -jar pathToYOurFile.jar

Please check if line end character is OS specific in your shell script

Starting a java program from shellscript

I'm complete Linux newbie, but still want to provide a simple way for Linux users to start my Java program.
Therefore I want to create a shellscript.
I can't test my script so I'll have to ask here if this is working correctly:
#!/bin/bash
java -cp "bin";"extres/junit.jar" data.ProgramOne
exit 0

Your mistake is in path delimiter. It is ; on Windows and : on Linux.
Moreover you should not wrap each classpath fragment with "". On unix you can escape spaces and other forbidden characters using \. So, I'd re-write the java execution line as:
java -cp bin:extres/junit.jar data.ProgramOne
This will run when you are executing script from your app directory where you have subdirectory bin and extres.

try this:
java -cp "bin:extres/junit.jar" data.ProgramOne

Java under Unixes uses : as the separator in the classpath, so you'd need (the quotes are not necessary):
#!/bin/bash
java -cp bin:extres/junit.jar data.ProgramOne

Running shell_exec('which java') in PHP return nothing

If I run
which java
from the command line I get the proper input (/usr/java/.../bin/java). However if I run it in a php script:
<?
echo 'java. ' . shell_exec('which java');
echo 'ls. ' . shell_exec('which ls');
?>
nothing gets printed out for which java but I get the proper results for which ls...

Two things were needed:
the full path to the JVM (it wasn't set in the environment)
" 2>&1" at the end of the command line.
So for example:
echo shell_exec('/usr/java/jdk6/bin/java -cp myJars.jar MyMainClass arg1 2>&1");

I just ran into this problem as well. I was trying to determine if the qrencode utility is installed on the (any) server, and if not then log/warn/exit gracefully.
Considering the program should always be in a standard path, I prefixed the which command with the likely locations of the binary, while still respecting that $PATH might be somehow defined on the system. I think you could use this approach with common Java paths, too:
shell_exec('PATH="$PATH:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin" '.
'which qrencode');

How do I run a java program from a different directory?

I have a java program that I would like to be able to run from anywhere on my machine. I would like to run it from my Cygwin command prompt. I've made scripts to call the java program. I added the location of the java program to the classpath, and the scripts work when I run them from the java program's directory. However, when I try to run from any other directory, I get:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: commandprogram/CommandProgram
This is my script:
#!/bin/sh
CWD=`dirname "$0"`
java -cp "$CWD/classes;$CWD/lib/AJarFile.jar" commandprogram/CommandProgram
Changing the java line to the following:
java -cp "$CWD/classes;$CWD/classes/commandprogram;$CWD/lib/AJarFile.jar" CommandProgram
produces the same results.

add your directory to classpath example:
java -classpath commandprogram CommandProgram
or
java -classpath directory_to_program Program

After trying just about everything I could think of, I echoed out the command and saw that there was mixing of Cygwin paths and Windows paths. The solution was to change the script to:
#!/bin/sh
CWD=`dirname "$0"`
CWD=`cygpath -w "$CWD"`
java -cp "$CWD/classes;$CWD/lib/AJarFile.jar" commandprogram/CommandProgram
Then CWD changed to "C:\Program Files\..." instead of "/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/..."
I had previously encountered this problem and solved it with the cygpath -w solution, but then changed my script slightly and didn't notice that the path problem came back.

you have to use a dot to separate packages, not a slash.
java -cp "$CWD/classes;$CWD/lib/AJarFile.jar" commandprogram.CommandProgram

The usual way of running a java file is to save it in the Java/Bin folder and Run cmd
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\bin> javac filename.java && java classname
If you save the file in different directory such as D:, you can use the following on the cmd prompt:
D:\Project java> set path=%path%;C:Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\bin