Solved Update Private plugin on command

Hi, I am in seek of help in updating my plugin which is not on dev.bukkit.org

This is how the current update procedure is:
1. I compile code I work on
2. I send .jar file via skype to target
3. When we are both online, he accepts file
4. He stops server swaps .jar file and starts server

How I want it to work:
1. I issue command on server
2. All players get kicked and the server restarts
3. When server is stopped another process runs and downloads file from DropBox
4. Server starts
5. ????
6. Profit!

Basically I dont know how to make it so the bukkit server will then start the updater process and then that will start bukkit again.

What I have tried:
- modifying some of the plugin update libs on the resources page. I dont know if this still has file perms and if I can do this in the same plugin and if it has to be listed on dev.bukkit.org
- Searching how to start a process which can start a bukkit server when its stopped. I found a snippet of code but this didn't work.

 

I don't think you can get the server to download a file via a website.

 

Regablith
its possible in Java, I just need to find a way to start and stop the bukkit server, which maintaining the console (using Windows)

 

How is there server hosted? VPS? Home computer? Windows? Linux?

There are tutorials in the resource section to create a updater system in your plugin I believe.

 

zDylann
This is a Home computer running Windows 7

 

Search the resource forums like I said for some kind of updater. Then if the update goes through just run the commands you need to do to kick,save and stop. Then setup your startup batch script to GOTO the top of the script after its stopped.(Google)

 

zDylann
What about file permissions? The jar will be in use, so I cannot push new content to the file while the server is running.

 

This shouldn't be a problem if the plugin is being updated via java code.

 

It is, I have tried to do this before, and it doesnt work, but I'll try again just to be sure.

zDylann
Wow thank you, this actually did work.

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Mark as solved!

 

zDylann
Oh yeah sorry I forgot about that