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georgiana_e
georgiana_e

Reputation: 1869

Javac bootclasspath option

I try to add -bootclasspath option when compiling java source like this:

javac -classpath lib/* -target 1.6 -source 1.6 -bootclasspath /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/lib/*.jar Hello.java

I am getting the following error when compiling:

javac: invalid flag: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/lib/dt.jar
Usage: javac <options> <source files>
use -help for a list of possible options

How should I add the bootclasspath parameter?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 19438

Answers (3)

Nobody Tells The Truth
Nobody Tells The Truth

Reputation: 311

Try something like this:

java -bootclasspath $(set -- /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/lib/*.jar ; IFS=:; echo "$*")

Be running bash when you try it, the bourne again shell is the bee's knees.

Upvotes: 0

ordnungswidrig
ordnungswidrig

Reputation: 3186

The shell expands /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/lib/*.jar to the list of jars, so effectively javac is called like that:

javac ... -bootclasspath /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/lib/rt.jar /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/lib/dt.jar ... Hello.java

You can avoid that by putting the path between single quotes:

javac ... -bootclasspath '/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/lib/*.jar' ... Hello.java

Upvotes: 10

georgiana_e
georgiana_e

Reputation: 1869

I added this -bootclasspath /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/rt.jar instad of /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/lib/*.jar and it worked fine.

Upvotes: 3

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