CLASSPATH question

[der.hans]

Am 30. Aug, 2000 schwäzte Lucas Vogel so:

> Could someone give me some quick "best practices" advice on setting up
> $CLASSPATH? The reason I ask is because documentation seems to say it has to
> at least point at the directory, while some seem to say that your .jar file
> has to actually be in the $CLASSPATH. Any comments would be appreciated.

I think this is just semantics. It's been a while, but I'm pretty sure
$CLASSPATH functions the same as $PATH, e.g. colon separated list of
directories to search. The JVM then searches those dirs for .jar files.

ciao,

der.hans
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