echo %CLASSPATH% at dos console

[Quick Function]

I am on windows xp. In the dos console, if I type

echo %CLASSPATH%

Why the result is

%CLASSPATH%

I am expecting it returns the path.

Thanks,

qq

 

[Michael Borgwardt]

I am on windows xp. In the dos console, if I type




Why the result is

%CLASSPATH%

Because the CLASSPATH path environment variable is not set.
And that's exactly how it should be - classpaths should be
set application-specific on the command line or in a JAR
Manifest.

 

[hilz]

I am expecting it returns the path.

then you should do this:
echo %path%

which gives you the system path.

the classpath environmental variable is not defined (as mentioned in the
earlier post). you have to define it before running your javac or java
commands

HTH
hilz

 

[Michael Borgwardt]

then you should do this:
echo %path%

which gives you the system path.

the classpath environmental variable is not defined (as mentioned in the
earlier post). you have to define it before running your javac or java
commands

No, you don't, and you shouldn't.