Having trouble running Java program with Command Prompt

Question

I'm getting the error Error: Could not find or load main class ExcelFileEditor when trying to run my program. I compiled the program with no errors by:

javac -cp C:\Users\rperera\IdeaProjects\LinkingNames\libs\*;. C:\Users\rperera\IdeaProjects\LinkingNames\src\ExcelFileEditor.java

I tried doing:

java ExcelFileEditor

java -cp C:\Users\rperera\IdeaProjects\LinkingNames\libs\* ExcelFileEditor

but I keep getting the same error. I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me fix this problem!

public static void main(String[] args) {
    //this allows the Py4J module in Python to use whichever methods it needs from this class
    ExcelFileEditor editor = new ExcelFileEditor(new File(args[0]));
    GatewayServer server = new GatewayServer(editor);
    server.start();
}

The package is excel.writer

Answer 1

If you are not specifying where to place the generated class files then its going to be in the same directory as the source file. Try

java -classpath C:\\Users\\rperera\\IdeaProjects\\LinkingNames\\libs\\*;C:\\Users\\rperera\\IdeaProjects\\Li‌​nkingNames\\src excel.writer.ExcelFileEditor