Setting Classpath

[fatcodeguy]

I'm trying to set my classpath for my java classes,

I use : set CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/path/to/classes
and then if I do set | grep CLASSPATH, the entry is there, but if I change directory or even get a directory listing and check the classpath again, there is no entry. I tried putting the enty in /etc/profile as well, and that doesn't work. Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

I have stuff like this in my /etc/profile :

CLASSPATH=/var/tomcat4/common/lib/servlet.jar:/usr/local/jdk1.3.0_02/jre/lib:.
JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.3.0_02
JAVA_PATH=/usr/local/jdk1.3.0_02
export JAVA_HOME JAVA_PATH CLASSPATH

(i.e. you use 'export' to export the variables)

Type 'env' to get the values of the current environment variables.

Hope this helps