Using java class path properly, clarification needed

Question

I am running the program as:

java -Dfirstarg=$1 -cp $APP_HOME/someFile.cfg;$APP_HOME/lib/*.jar ::  Handler

With the intention to pass the argument and include someFile.cfg and all jars under $APP_HOME/lib/ to class path.

What am i doing wrong please?

Answer 1

You don't need to pass the someFile.cfg into the class-path. You just need to add the libraries, and current directory there.

I would do:

java -Dfirstarg=$1 -cp .:$APP_HOME/lib/*.jar YourMainClass

Assuming you are in a directory where your .class files are.

Also, do keep in mind that in linux you use : and not ; to separate your class path entries in the -cp arguments.