problem with classpath..need help..

[Radhika Reddy]

Hi,
I have installed tomcat 4.0.4 and its working fine.I have tried to create development directory c:\devel and started writing servlets.. but I am not able to complie my servlets.
c:\devel\javac HelloWorld.java gives Bad command or filename.
this is my autoexec.bat
set JAVA_HOME=C:\jdk1.4
set CATALINA_HOME=C:\jakarta-tomcat-4.0.4
SET PATH=C:\jdk1.4\bin; %PATH%;
Set CLASSPATH=.;C:\devel;C:\jakarta-tomcat-4.0.4\common\lib\servlet.jar
Please tell me what is wrong and what do I need to compile servlets?
Thanks,
Radhika
SCJP

[Mike Curwen]

Try taking that last ; off the end of your PATH statement. Apostrophes only seperate entries, they are not line terminators, like in Java programs.

Also, remove the space between ; and '%PATH%'
[ November 01, 2002: Message edited by: Mike Curwen ]

[sun moon]

there is no servlet classes in ur package. So download them and then execute them

[Jesse Beaumont]

Surely the problem here is that javac is not in c:\devel? It is in c:\jdk1.4\bin
Hence your command should be
c:\jdk1.4\bin\javac HelloWorld.java
This is of course assuming that you are in the same directory as HelloWorld.java and that HelloWorld.java is in the default package (ie has no package statement at the top of the file)
Hope that helps

[Mike Curwen]

Jesse, that is what the PATH is for.

So you don't need to be in the same directory as the compiler, when you try to invoke it. The error is a DOS error, so it's a PATH issue.

[Radhika Reddy]

Hi Mike,
I have tried removing ; and space. Now its working fine..Thanks for your help..

Radhika
SCJP