Adding jar to classpath when running from command line

Question

Ok I know this question has been asked many many many times before, but I\'ve googled it and looked at examples and looked at questions on SO for the past month, and I serio

Answer 1

Your problem is min separator you are using. Separator ; is for windows. On Unix systems you should use : instead:

java -classpath "bin:mysql-connector-java-5.1.19-bin.jar" MyProgram

Answer 2

See:

String pathSeparator = System.getProperty("path.separator");

Answer 3

I would highly suggest you try --jar or -jar. I can't remember which it is, but those should settle you. Also, if you have the dev tools from apple, they have a jar packager.

Answer 4

Use a ':' to separate your entries on Unix systems:

java -classpath "bin:mysql-connector-java-5.1.19-bin.jar" MyProgram
java -cp bin:mysql-connector-java-5.1.19-bin.jar MyProgram

Eclipse converts it automatically.

Answer 5

you did not set your main class in classpaht, try add ./ in -cp