Object Oriented Programming Through Java by Pearson

Developing First Java Application 2.15

In sh enter; CLASSPATH = path1:path2:... export CLASSPATH

To clear classpath already set from the previous commands

In csh: unsetenv CLASSPATH

In sh : unset CLASSPATH

To check if classpath is set correctly on Linux, execute the

following:

% echo $CLASSPATH

If CLASSPATH is not set you will get a

CLASSPATH: Undefined variable error

Changing Startup Settings:

If the class path is set at system startup then we should:

For shells csh , tcsh look for setenv command in .cshrc file

(~/.cshrc): and enter

% setenv CLASSPATH classpath1:classpath2...

For shells sh , ksh look into .profile export ...