On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Michael Sinz wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:59:48 +0200, Robb Shecter wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I know this is an old one, but I was wondering about the state of the
> >"-classpath" annoyance that is there in Java/Linux 117a, and possibly in
> >other Java versions, too.
> >
> >I mean the problem where the command line option has different behavior
> >than the environment variable - namely, with the command line option you
> >must specify the core java libraries, too.
> >
> >I saw something about this a while ago, but don't remember - anybody
> >know what the state of this is? Is it acknowledged as a generic Java
> >bug? Is it only a Linux problem?
> >
> >(I'm just editing for the nth time a startup script to avoid the
> >annoying "cannot find class java/lang/Thread" error.)
I agree, one should neven use the -classpath argument. The only "safe"
way to do things is to set the CLASSPATH env variable.
Mo DeJong
dejong at cs.umn.edu
> I have taken to never use the "-classpath" argument to Java specifically
> because of this. I normally have the wrapper script just adjust CLASSPATH
> environment variable to make sure it works.
>
> Now, in the JRE, the "-cp" does not need the core java classes...
>
> Michael Sinz -- Director of Research & Development, NextBus Inc.
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