> at the prompt i issue > (the fully qualifed path name is on purpose here): > /usr/lpp/java/bin/java java ?version
I don't have access to a system at the moment, so I might be wrong. Anyway if there is no typo in the command line as show, I think the "java" is duplicate. The first one at the *end* of the path is calling the java binary (the JVM). The second one is the first parameter, the "-version" the second parameter. Result: JVM is tring to execute some class called "java.class" passing it parm "-version". The JVM does not see "-version" as a command line option. Try: /usr/lpp/java/bin/java ?version -- Peter Hunkeler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
