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including a class path

Hi,

I'm trying to run a java application that uses some classes located outside the project tree. I know the app works because I linked it to those external dependencies in eclipse, no problem. I need to run this 'manually' though. This is what I have so far:

cd "C:\MyProject\bin"
java -cp . com.myproject.test.Main

It runs, but as soon as it hits any line where I use one of those external classes, the app throws a class loader exception. The other class are located here:

C:\libs\MyOtherProjectA\cool.class
C:\libs\MyOtherProjectB\terrific.class

how do I modify my command line to include the path to also include the path of those two class folders?

Thanks

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Ajay-Singh

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DJ_AM_Juicebox

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Hi Ajay,

Should there be a space between

C:/libs/MyOtherProjectA/C:/libs/MyOtherProjectB

otherwise how will it know it's a second path?

Thanks

Ajay-Singh

No space, actually the classpath should be separated by ; in windows.

DJ_AM_Juicebox

ASKER

ok so a semicolon between them then, like this?:

C:/libs/MyOtherProjectA/;C:/libs/MyOtherProjectB

Ajay-Singh

Yes and add current path in the front

..;C:/libs/MyOtherProjectA/;C:/libs/MyOtherProjectB

DJ_AM_Juicebox

ASKER

It just doesn't seem to want to work.. I'm running it like:

java -cp ..;C:/libs/MyOtherProjectA/;C:/libs/MyOtherProjectB; arg1 arg2

but it keeps coming back to me saying that it thinks arg1 and arg2 are ALSO class paths to include - not sure what's going on...

Ajay-Singh

> java -cp ..;C:/libs/MyOtherProjectA/;C:/libs/MyOtherProjectB; arg1 arg2

should be

java -cp .;C:/libs/MyOtherProjectA/;C:/libs/MyOtherProjectB arg1 arg2

DJ_AM_Juicebox

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wow there was so much I was missing to it. I had to just sit down and read the docs.