Procmail - execute Java file

Question

How can I execute .jar file via procmail?

My recipe:

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* ^Subject.*test
* B ?? test
| /usr/local/bin/java /home/username/.procmail/printer.jar

In present form it doesn't work but if I change executing jar file to forward mail like that:

! mail@mail.com

It works perfectly.

What to do?

EDIT I just looked into log file and here it is:

Error: Could not find or load main class .home.Main..procmail.printer.jar

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tripleee · Answer 1 · 2018-01-23T19:10:34.123

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Apparently the argument to Java needs to be a class name, not the path to the file which contains the class definition.

Alternatively, as remarked in a comment, pass the -jar option before the jar file name.

edited Jan 23 '18 at 19:10

answered Jan 23 '18 at 19:05

tripleee

Thank you! Your idea + small name change fixed the issue! – CodeWriter Jan 23 '18 at 20:36

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