How to run a .jar file after every boot on Debian (Raspbian)

Question

I want to run a .jar file always after I booted up my Raspberry Pi. I know how to run the file in the console:

java -jar pi/test.jar

But how can I save this command in a executable file and where is the place to save it, that the file starts after boot up? This is not a duplicate because it's different on a Raspberry Pi than on other linux systems.

Answer 1

you can use my setup :

save this in /etc/init.d/raspberryUtils (change as appropriate)

#!/bin/bash
# MyApp
#
# description:raspberryUtils util service

case $1 in
    start)
        /bin/bash /home/developer/raspberryUtils/bootstartup/startServer.sh
    ;;
    stop)
        /home/developer/raspberryUtils/bootstartup/stopServer.sh
    ;;
    restart)
        /home/developer/raspberryUtils/bootstartup/stopServer.sh
        /home/developer/raspberryUtils/bootstartup/startServer.sh
    ;;
esac
exit 0

startServer.sh:

#!/bin/bash

java -cp /home/developer/raspberryUtils/dist/RaspberryUtils.jar service.StartServices  &

stopServer.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Grabs and kill a process from the pidlist that has the word myapp

pid=`ps aux | grep RaspberryUtils | awk '{print $2}'`
kill -9 $pid

this way you can stop,start without restarting the pi too

NOTE:

as mentioned by @Cosu its better using jps so stopServer.sh is :

#!/bin/bash
# Grabs and kill a process from the pidlist that has the word StartService

pid=`jps | grep StartService | awk '{print $1}'`
kill -9 $pid

Answer 2

You can user crontab for executing jar file every time you reboot. In terminal type crontab -e. at last of that code add line "@reboot command(For jar)". If crontab -e is not working properly that execute export EDITOR=nano and then crontab -e.