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Asked: June 9, 20262026-06-09T19:21:13+00:00 2026-06-09T19:21:13+00:00

When I run a jar file, say in /home/jars like such java -jar /home/jars/jarfile.jar

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When I run a jar file, say in /home/jars like such java -jar /home/jars/jarfile.jar, it seems to run in whatever directory I’m in.

How do I make it so java -jar /home/jars/jarfile.jar runs with /home/jars as the current working directory??

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    2026-06-09T19:21:14+00:00Added an answer on June 9, 2026 at 7:21 pm

    The simple answer:

    ( cd /home/jars; java -jar /home/jars/jarfile.jar )
    

    See also this response.

    The analogy for most languages supporting an exec call, is the variant of exec that lets you specify a working directory.

    See this for simple PHP solution.

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