How to use Cron job with Java program?

[Steven Ho]

I am new to the Cron Job, I am trying to schedule a Java program that print current Date on System.out every 5 minutes. I put inside the command line
is "java printBeep"
But the output I get from email is

<font size="2"> /bin/sh: java: command not found </font>

Please tell me where I went wrong, btw the interface only permits 1 line of command to input, and I can't seem to put more lines of command lines.
Please help if can, thank you all.
Have a nice day!
[ September 17, 2003: Message edited by: Steven Ho ]

[Anonymous]

use the complete path to the java file e.g. /usr/bin/java. I think
the cron job doesnt uses PATH variables, so you have to define the
absolute path

[Frank Carver]

Or you can put whatever commands you like in a script file, and execute that from your "cron".

[Andrew Monkhouse]

By the way, there is no System.out from within the cron job, as there is no terminal associated with the cron job.
Depending on how your cron environment is set up, you may get an email sent to you with the output that would have appeared on the screen if there had been a screen.