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Should be<br />
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java direct.myClass<br />
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if in package 'direct'<br />
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Should be

java direct.myClass

if in package 'direct'



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There is no package defined. &nbsp;Do I have to define a package to do this? &nbsp;I would think that it would just follow the path to get to myClass
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There is no package defined.  Do I have to define a package to do this?  I would think that it would just follow the path to get to myClass

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Why doesn't this work on the command line:<br />
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java direct\myClass<br />
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Inside the direct folder there is a valid myClass.class. &nbsp;Obviously I could <br />
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cd direct<br />
java myClass<br />
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but for reasons that are not worth explaining, I would like to do it this way.
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Why doesn't this work on the command line:

java direct\myClass

Inside the direct folder there is a valid myClass.class.  Obviously I could 

cd direct
java myClass

but for reasons that are not worth explaining, I would like to do it this way.

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