Minecraft server (Bukkit) .sh bash file not opening

Question

My Minecraft server (Bukkit) .sh bash file is not opening! I did make it executable (in permissions, I clicked "anyone" for executable). Here's the code:

#!/bin/bash
cd "$( dirname "$0" )"
java -Xms1024M -Xmx1024M -jar craftbukkit.jar -o true

The server runs fine when I put the code in Terminal but not when it's in a .sh file.

I am using Lubuntu 12.10.

Solution

The script has to be in the same path then your craftbuckit.jar. Alternatively you could add the absolute path to the script:

#!/bin/bash
java -Xms1024M -Xmx1024M -jar /path/to/craftbukkit.jar -o true

Also you should execute the script in a terminal to be able to see the output. I think the minecraft server starts an admin console in the terminal. I don't know how it will behave if you don't run it in a terminal. At best you will have problems to gracefully stop the server later on and have no access to the admin console.

Comments

[André Stannek]

How are you trying to start it? What's the error message?

[harikrishnan]

I tried double clickin on it but dosent open any damn thing! i just copy pasted the code from bukkit wiki!

[qbi]

Open a terminal and enter the `java -Xms…' command? Does it print out anything? If yes, please add it to your question.

[harikrishnan]

What should be the path in .sh file if my server folder in in desktop?