Re: filenames on the command line

From:
Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 1 Dec 2011 06:54:48 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<2304640.475.1322751289109.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prfx15>
giuseppe.on.usenet wrote:

The current directory has two files:


That's your first mistake - using the current directory.

/* A.java */
package wrk.pkg;


This needs to be in directory "wrk/pkg/" relative to one of the classpath roots.

I.e., the current directory the way you're working.

import wrk.B;
class A { B b; }

/* B.java */
package wrk;


This needs to be in relative directory "wrk/".

Notice that this is necessarily a *different* directory than the other class.

public class B { }

The command javac -d . A.java B.java


You're supposed to use directory notation with javac rather than "dot" notation.

I was not aware that dot notation even worked here.

In any case, it only partially "worked", not completely, at best, because you have things in the wrong directories.

compiles successfully, while javac -d . A.java
halts because it "cannot find symbol: class B". My question is: by


Because things are in the wrong directories.

adding other options, is it possible to have the compiler seek and
compile B.java without specifying the filename on the command line?


Why don't you read the documentation?

You will find it astonishingly helpful.

--
Lew

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