> 
> I was under the impression  that the -extdirs switch had something to do
> with compatibility among libraries built for different VMs, e.g., 1.1 v.
> 1.3....

-extdirs is a nice and easy method of adding .jars to your classpath more
or less automatically. Instead of changing your classpath all the time you
just place a .jar file in one of the dirs specified in the -extdirs param.
Note per default <javahome>/lib (i think) is set as your default
extdir. This is used to easily install "site-wide" extensions to your java
environment. See much more in the Java/Javac docs.

Regards
Max R. Andersen ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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