Re: Linux Jar file execution

2005-06-03 Thread Josué Alcalde González
Michael Koch escribió: Am Donnerstag, den 02.06.2005, 11:42 +0100 schrieb Gerry Steele: Has anyone got any thoughts on the possibility of making naively executable jars on Linux? This is done on Windows through the file extensions mechanism. On Solairis they use magic numbers picked up by

Re: Linux Jar file execution

2005-06-02 Thread Gerry Steele
Yea, I think the challenge is making it a core kernel feature rather than something the users will have to compile and install themselves, ie, a Linux kernel above a certain future version would support it. It will be a step further towards more java applications on the Linux platform i think.

Re: Linux Jar file execution

2005-06-02 Thread Michael Koch
Am Donnerstag, den 02.06.2005, 11:42 +0100 schrieb Gerry Steele: > Has anyone got any thoughts on the possibility of making naively executable > jars on Linux? > > This is done on Windows through the file extensions mechanism. On Solairis > they use magic numbers picked up by the kernel AFAIK.

Re: Linux Jar file execution

2005-06-02 Thread Ahmed Saad
hi Gery, i read that howto a year ago or something but never tired it http://www.linuxhq.com/java.html -ahmed On 6/2/05, Gerry Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone got any thoughts on the possibility of making naively executable > jars on Linux? > > This is done on Windows through th

Linux Jar file execution

2005-06-02 Thread Gerry Steele
Has anyone got any thoughts on the possibility of making naively executable jars on Linux? This is done on Windows through the file extensions mechanism. On Solairis they use magic numbers picked up by the kernel AFAIK. I guess a Linux implementation will require some kernel work too. I believ