I have created a Hibernate application that runs as an executable jar on JDK 6 on Ubuntu 9.4. If I put the hibernate.cfg.xml file in the same directory as I am executing the app, the app finds the file and all is well. I need to keep this file external to the executable jar. Is there a way my Hibernate app could find the file if it is placed outside the default directory, say in /etc?

Thanks,
JayDK5

set the properties classpath to the location of your cfg file