javac question from book unclear

[Mirka Ignjatovic]

Chapter 10, question 10.

cd /foo
javac -classpath /foo/bar/biz/bing:/foo/bar MyClass.java

answer: Java file will be found in /foo/bar/biz/bing

What do classpath has with location og Java file?
Is it only for looking for class files that MyClass.java needs?

[Vassili Vladimir]

Hi Mirka,

The question is "Which version will be used by javac" so the first hit will be used. /foo/bar/baz/bing is the first hit so it will be used.

Remember: javac searches the current directory by default.

Regards ...

Vassili ...

[Mirka Ignjatovic]

Question was, what -classpath has to do with searching for *.java files
classpath = "path of *.class"

[marc weber]

Originally posted by mirka mirka:
Chapter 10, question 10...

Do you have a specific book in mind?

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[Mirka Ignjatovic]

ok, name changed.
Book is SCJP study guide exam 310-055 from K&B.