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A. Toutziaris
A. Toutziaris

Reputation: 23

java -jar illegal argument

I am trying to run a jar file from windows command line like this: java -jar myjar.jar and i get the following error msg

-jar: illegal argument
usage: java [-options] class

where options include:

-help             print out this message
-version          print out the build version
-v -verbose       turn on verbose mode
-debug            enable remote JAVA debugging
-noasyncgc        don't allow asynchronous garbage collection
-verbosegc        print a message when garbage collection occurs
-noclassgc        disable class garbage collection
-ss<number>       set the maximum native stack size for any thread
-oss<number>      set the maximum Java stack size for any thread
-ms<number>       set the initial Java heap size
-mx<number>       set the maximum Java heap size
-classpath <directories separated by semicolons>
                  list directories in which to look for classes
-prof[:<file>]    output profiling data to .\java.prof or .\<file>
-verify           verify all classes when read in
-verifyremote     verify classes read in over the network [default]
-noverify         do not verify any class
-nojit            disable JIT compiler

anybody knows why that might be?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 896

Answers (1)

SebVb
SebVb

Reputation: 187

If you're using Windows Command Line, you can use javaw youJarFile.jar

Upvotes: 1

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