path separator

[René Berber]

samitj wrote:

> what is the path separator in Cygwin for paths, classpaths etc..
> 
> this works...
> $ java -cp lib/matrix/matrix.jar
> com.test.matrix.simulation.SimulationApplication
> 
> this fails..
> $ java -cp lib/matrix/matrix.jar:bin/
> com.test.matrix.simulation.SimulationApplication
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
> com/test/matrix/simulation/SimulationApplication 
> 
> Can you please advise on this?

java is not a Cygwin program, it's a Windows program so it uses Windows 
notation (or their own if they choose to change it).

In Windows the classpath separator is ';'

$ java -h
Usage: java [-options] class [args...]
            (to execute a class)
    or  java [-options] -jar jarfile [args...]
            (to execute a jar file)

where options include:
     -client       to select the "client" VM
     -server       to select the "server" VM
     -hotspot      is a synonym for the "client" VM  [deprecated]
                   The default VM is client.

     -cp <class search path of directories and zip/jar files>
     -classpath <class search path of directories and zip/jar files>
*------------->   A ; separated list of directories, JAR archives,
                   and ZIP archives to search for class files.
...
-- 
René Berber


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