> from inside the lib folder I get a long list of classes. But if I try the
> same from c:\> the system can't locate the servlet file.
Righto, it's showing you the contents of the servlet.jar file in that directory. The
servlet.jar file *probably* doesn't exit in c:\ so it fails.
> So I placed the HelloWorld.java inside the lib folder (where the
> servlet.jar IS,) and I still get the error saying package.servlet does not
> exist.
Need to compile it, and place it in the /WEB-INF/classes directory.
- r