eclipse - Cron job for a Java Program

Question

I am using a java program which sends email after finishing up some file transfers.I am using Eclipse to code up the program. How do I set up a cron job to execute this java program for a particular time. Also I have various jar files inside the project. Please suggest

Answer 1

• Write a shell script to invoke your java program with the necessary arguments.
• Make sure that the classpath argument points to the jars that you need.
• Make sure that the shell script has necessary unix permissions.
• Schedule the script to be invoked by setting up a cron job.

For more info about cronjob look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron

just my 2 cents...