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Beginner's file reading problem

Posted by Justin Lau on January 13, 2002 at 5:14 AM

When I tried to read from a file, I could only read if this file is in my working directory i.e. calling the java command from where the file is (assuming the file is in d:\java):

D:\JAVA>java -cp d:\java abc.class -> this would work
D:\>jaca -cp d:\java abc.class ->this does not work

This is a bit frustrating as even the IDE have the same problem (I am using Forte for Java CE v3.0). Thanks for your help.

• set path Chin Loong January 15, 2002 at 8:06 AM (2)
  • He needs to know about CLASSPATH and not PATH Kishori Sharan January 15, 2002 at 9:20 AM (1)
    • path n classpath Chin Loong January 16, 2002 at 3:32 AM (0)
• Everything will be alright Kishori Sharan January 13, 2002 at 11:34 AM (0)