RE: Problem with my first "baby steps" into the Toolbox

["Hall, Philip" <phall@xxxxxxxx>]

> If I call it as:
>     java test01
> 
> I get:
>     I like spam!
>     java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/ibm/as400/access/AS400
>           test01.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V+8 (test03.java:5)

In this instance, the implied classpath is the current working directory - 
since test01 is there it gets loaded, but jt400.jar isn't in the current 
directory the JVM fails to find and load it

> 
> If I call it as:
>     java -classpath /QIBM/ProdData/HTTP/Public/jt400/lib/jt400.jar test01
> 
> I get:
>     Attaching Java program to
> /QIBM/ProdData/HTTP/Public/jt400/lib/jt400.jar.
>     java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: test01
> 

In this instance, you've specifically specified the classpath, but - for 
reasons only known to Sun - in specifying it, the JVM no longer implies the 
current working directory is in the classpath; so you have specify both.

What you will need is;
    java -classpath /QIBM/ProdData/HTTP/Public/jt400/lib/jt400.jar;.; test01

Note, however I can't remember if the iSeries' path delimiter is ';' or ':' so 
it might not be ;.; at the end of the classpath directive, but :.: instead. 
Anyhow, *one* of them will do it.

--phil