Cron job for a Java Program

Question

I am using a java program which sends email after finishing up some file transfers.I am using Eclipse to code up the program. How do I set up a cron job to execute this java

Answer 1

There is the cron4j library http://www.sauronsoftware.it/projects/cron4j/. I have used it before to schedule a java program to run weekly. The scheduling syntax is the same as a crontab. The thing is, it needs to be constantly running as a background process to work. I ended up just using normal cron, but it could be useful if you're not on an Unix-like system, and you don't have cron.