Question

I’m learning Java and I have a quirk that I think only someone with experience can answer (I have been through the whole list of similar problems on SO).

When running from command line after compiling in Eclipse, this works

java -classpath : test.class

and this does not

java test.class

nor specifying the directory

java -classpath bin test.class

but specifying with a colon DOES

java -classpath bin: test.class

It was my understanding that

1. Java checked the current working directory by default
2. The colon was only used if you were specifying more than one path where I just have one.

Answer 1

You want to run “java test” not “java test.class”

Cheers