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Classification: |
Java |
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Deployment |
Created: |
08/06/99 |
Modified: |
12/10/2001 |
Number: |
FAQ-0265 |
Platform: |
Not Applicable |
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Question: If I use the -classpath switch on the command line to specify the location of a class file at run time and don't specify at
the same time the location of classes.zip, the classes in classes.zip are not found. Neither are any of the jar files in the
\ext directory. Why not?
Answer: If you use the -classpath switch, you will have to specify explicitly the locations of all the classes you wish to access
at runtime, including classes.zip. The recommended method of modifying the classpath is to use the -cp switch, as documented in the Java SDK docs. This prepends
jar files and/or directories containing class files to the current classpath. Then the VM will automatically find classes.zip
and any jar files located in the \ext directory. Note that the path to the \ext directory will vary depending on whether you
are running on the WINS emulator or a target machine.
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