moving a .jar to sys dir

[ceyezumma]

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moving a .jar to sys dir
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Hello;
I can make a .jar from my program and move it to a folder in my progject
The Command to make the -cmf (non runnable) .jar
works fine by adding the .jar to a folder in my project.
but my question is:
what do I have to do to create that .jar if it originated on
a disk drive and write it to a dir I have created on the hard drive?

thanks

[NormR1]

what do I have to do to create that .jar if it originated on
a disk drive and write it to a dir I have created on the hard drive

Not sure I understand you question. If you create a jar in a directory, you can copy or move that jar to another directory.
What is the difference between a disk drive and a hard drive?

[ceyezumma]

I am unclear to say the least on writing my whole project from a disk to a hard drive
an install if you will. I am trying to write the program to do these things.
someone get the disk
the program runs
the program needs to copy an executable .jar file to a folder my program already creates then I would like to learn how to additionally create a icon on the desktop so the program can run.

I understanding of this is confused. Is any of this possible? Like I said before
I can create the .jar and I am having trouble getting the manifest.mf correct at the moment but In my linited understanding I would like to be able to have my program move a executable .jar to the clients hard drive.

can you comment on how I would go about adding a icon to a desktop that could run the program?
thanks
any info is good I need to researh all of the concepts.

[NormR1]

Once you have created an executable jar file, then you can copy that jar file to other computers that have the JRE installed. You need the JRE to execute a jar file.
To execute it, double click on the jar file and it should start execution.
You can create a shortcut to the jar file and copy the shortcut to another location like the desktop to allow your program to be started by double clicking on the shortcut.