classpath?

[Terry]

Hey all...Hope everyone stayed dry and safe.

Anyway, This classpath statement, Is that like a path statement in
DOS or Windows? Path=c:\DOS\WINDOWS\ETC.

If so how would you compile a program (newbie.java) if it wasn't
in windows98 path? maybe make a call like javac c:\javatest\newbie.java ?

Thanks
Terry

[Kyle Gabhart]

"Terry" <javasuperclass@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hey all...Hope everyone stayed dry and safe.
>
>Anyway, This classpath statement, Is that like a path statement in
>DOS or Windows? Path=c:\DOS\WINDOWS\ETC.
>
>If so how would you compile a program (newbie.java) if it wasn't
>in windows98 path? maybe make a call like javac c:\javatest\newbie.java
?
>
>Thanks
> Terry

Terry,

Yes, the Classpath is very similar to the path statement in DOS. The classpath
indicates where the java compiler (javac) and java interpreter (java) should
look for class files that they require. Assuming that the bin directory
of the JDK is in your PATH statement, then you can invoke the 'javac' command
from anywhere within the DOS environment. To use your example, this means
that from the root directory (c:/) you could compile the 'newbie.java' source
file that is located in the 'javatest' folder with the following command:
javac c:\javatest\newbie.java

This is precisely what you anticipated. Good job and an excellent question.
Let me know if you any further questions.

Happy Coding!

Cordially,

Kyle Gabhart
DevX Java Pro

[yi]

Hi,

I always do like that:

eg. newbie.java is in ur c:\java ,

1) set classpath=%classpath%;c:\java;

like that you just need to do once, then u can compile anytime.

good luck.



"Terry" <javasuperclass@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hey all...Hope everyone stayed dry and safe.
>
>Anyway, This classpath statement, Is that like a path statement in
>DOS or Windows? Path=c:\DOS\WINDOWS\ETC.
>
>If so how would you compile a program (newbie.java) if it wasn't
>in windows98 path? maybe make a call like javac c:\javatest\newbie.java
?
>
>Thanks
> Terry