Jar not running

Question

So I created a script the the following commands

#! /usr/bin/sh

    PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
    JAVA=/usr/bin/java
    MY_SERVER=/home/user/Desktop/Hello.jar
    USER=user
    /bin/su - $USER -c "$JAVA -jar $MY_SERVER &"

And I saved it in

etc/init.d/

And then ran the following command in terminal

sudo update-rc.d java_server_launch.sh defaults

I have a program located at

/home/user/Desktop/

And it is called Hello.jar and it works fine when I run it. When I restart my computer for some reason the program (Hello.jar) does not execute. What am I doing wrong?

I'm doing exactly what the answer here says.

Dollar sign was removed but still doesn't work. And yes Ubuntu 13.10. — user2612619, Dec 08 '13 at 00:35

MultiplyByZer0 · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-24T12:29:02.333

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You need to replace Hello.jar with $MY_SERVER in the last line of your bash script. That's because your current working directory isn't /home/user/Desktop

Edit: Try replacing the last line of code with this:

/bin/su $USER -c "$JAVA -jar $MY_SERVER &"

edited Feb 24 '17 at 12:29

answered Dec 08 '13 at 00:37

MultiplyByZer0

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I've updated my code, yet when I restart the program doesn't run on startup. – user2612619 Dec 08 '13 at 00:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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if you're running on Ubuntu you should check out upstart

see how simple it is to run jar https://stackoverflow.com/a/12102542/41576

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Dec 08 '13 at 00:42

Guy Gavriely

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I'd rather have a solution that doesn't involve installing other programs and one that will work on other Linux distributions as I don't only use Ubuntu. – user2612619 Dec 08 '13 at 00:43

Jar not running

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