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Rep-classpath-path

Posted by Rajendrakumar on May 19, 2001 at 1:38 AM

> Sir,

> I have installed java recently.I'm new to it. I'm not able to work on java programs. I found it it out as I had not set the PATH and CLASSPATH variable. I have stored my java files in c:\jdk> [bin dir => c:\jdk\bin> ]
>
> How do i set this PATH and CLASSPATH variables?? (i know that you have to edit the autoexec.bat file but my command doesn't seem to work. my OS is windows 98)

> My commands were

> rem - By Windows Setup - javac.exe;java.exe; appletviewer.exe SET PATH =%PATH%;C:\JDK\BIN;C:
> javac -CLASSPATH =.java;.class;C:\JDK\BIN; c:\; c:\j

Hi !
Put the path , classpath entries in System Environmet or user environmet.(if u put in System environmet u need to restart the computer)

classpath=c:\jdk\lib\tools.jar;c:\jdk\lib\dt.jar;
path=c:\jdk\bin