Re: OT: Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Jacob S.
On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 12:38:00 -0700 Mike Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 06 September 2004 12:31 pm, Jacob S. wrote: > > I've never actually used jbidwatcher, just a couple of other java > > programs unrelated to ebay. For ebay I've been using 'bidwatcher' > > (similar name, unrelate

Re: OT: Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Mike Chandler
On Monday 06 September 2004 12:31 pm, Jacob S. wrote: > I've never actually used jbidwatcher, just a couple of other java > programs unrelated to ebay. For ebay I've been using 'bidwatcher' > (similar name, unrelated project from what I can see). It works well, > but it's not quite as fancy as jbid

OT: Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Jacob S.
On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 12:11:20 -0700 Mike Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Jacob, > The confusion was all on my part... but ain't jbidwatcher an awesome > program? If you want something on ebay, but have a definite maximum > price you're willing to pay -which is realistic of the actual v

Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Mike Chandler
On Monday 06 September 2004 11:51 am, Jacob S. wrote: > No problem. Sorry for the confusion along the way. > > > in order for it to work. By the way, the desktop icon now works as > > well. Thanks again. > > Excellent. Enjoy jbidwatcher. :-) > > HAND, > Jacob Thanks Jacob, The confusion was all on

Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Jacob S.
On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:44:22 -0700 Mike Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 06 September 2004 11:33 am, Jacob S. wrote: > > Ok, I think we're getting somewhere then. From a terminal, type > > 'whereis java'. It should be something like /usr/local/java/java. > > Replace 'java' in jbidwat

Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 11:23:51AM -0700, Mike Chandler wrote: Hi, > On the other hand, if I go to "tools > execute shell command" then type > ./jbidwatcher.sh > I will get this error: > ./jbidwatcher.sh: line 4: java: command not found check your PATH variable - it seems to have a different con

Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Mike Chandler
On Monday 06 September 2004 11:33 am, Jacob S. wrote: > Ok, I think we're getting somewhere then. From a terminal, type 'whereis > java'. It should be something like /usr/local/java/java. Replace 'java' > in jbidwatcher.sh with the full path to the java binary > '/usr/local/java/java' (or whatever

Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Jacob S.
On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:23:51 -0700 Mike Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 06 September 2004 11:10 am, Jacob S. wrote: > > > If 'java -jar JBidWatcher-0.9.3.1.jar' works when run from the > > directory the .jar file is located in, I would say the next step is > > to test your shell sc

Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Mike Chandler
On Monday 06 September 2004 11:10 am, Jacob S. wrote: > If 'java -jar JBidWatcher-0.9.3.1.jar' works when run from the directory > the .jar file is located in, I would say the next step is to test your > shell script from the command line. See what errors it gives, copy/paste > them here and we ca

Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Jacob S.
On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 10:24:51 -0700 Mike Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 06 September 2004 10:13 am, David Goodenough wrote: > > > What this says is that it can not find the JAR file. Are you > > absolutely sure that it is spelt this way (remember Linux is case > > sensitive). >

Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Mike Chandler
On Monday 06 September 2004 10:13 am, David Goodenough wrote: > What this says is that it can not find the JAR file. Are you absolutely > sure that it is spelt this way (remember Linux is case sensitive). Yes, I am 100% sure. I really am. > What does the ls command say is in the current direct

Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread David Goodenough
On Monday 06 September 2004 16:56, Mike Chandler wrote: > On Monday 06 September 2004 06:32 am, David Goodenough wrote: > > This is not the problem and is entirely unnecessary. You only need it on > > the command line because the current directory is not on the PATH by > > default. > > > > I sugge

Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Mike Chandler
On Monday 06 September 2004 06:32 am, David Goodenough wrote: > This is not the problem and is entirely unnecessary. You only need it on > the command line because the current directory is not on the PATH by > default. > > I suggest you type in the "java -jar " command directly and see what >

Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread David Goodenough
On Monday 06 September 2004 14:09, Mike Chandler wrote: > On Monday 06 September 2004 02:34 am, David Goodenough wrote: > > Try opening a Konsole and starting it manually, i.e. issue the java -jar > > ... command by hand. That way you get to see the error messages and if > > they do not point you

Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Mike Chandler
On Monday 06 September 2004 02:34 am, David Goodenough wrote: > Try opening a Konsole and starting it manually, i.e. issue the java -jar > ... command by hand. That way you get to see the error messages and if > they do not point you at the problem they might help us help you. > > David > > On Mon

Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread David Goodenough
Try opening a Konsole and starting it manually, i.e. issue the java -jar ... command by hand. That way you get to see the error messages and if they do not point you at the problem they might help us help you. David On Monday 06 September 2004 09:42, Mike Chandler wrote: > Well, I tried the sugg

Re: Re: how to start jbidwatcher

2004-09-06 Thread Mike Chandler
Well, I tried the suggestion; but I must not be doing something right. Here's what I did; 1. went onto the dir where JBidWatcher-0.9.3.1.jar is located, (which is /home/mike/programs) 2. rightclicked and did 'create new file > text file', and called it jbidwatcher.sh 3. made jbidwatcher.sh exec