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  3. November 2013

Re: Error launching java ... unable to open jars.cfg

On 11/23/2013 6:59 PM, David Gibbs wrote:
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/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk60/32bit/bin/java -version
getBootClasspath failed to open file java.home=/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk50/32bit/lib/jars.cfg - A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
JVMJ9VM015W Initialization error for library jclscar_24(2): getBootClasspath returned NULL
Unable to create Java Virtual Machine.

I figured out the problem ... I had a SystemDefault.properties file in my home directory and it contained:
java.home=java.home=/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk50/32bit

(not a typo in the email, thatis 'java.home=java.home...'

Which, apparently, causes Java all sorts of problems.

david


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