Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: filenames on the command line Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 06:54:48 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 46 Message-ID: <2304640.475.1322751289109.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prfx15> References: <7ea0b15a-e937-4fb8-9045-f5ffca1cf6de@u6g2000vbg.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.214 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1322751619 4975 127.0.0.1 (1 Dec 2011 15:00:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:00:19 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <7ea0b15a-e937-4fb8-9045-f5ffca1cf6de@u6g2000vbg.googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.214; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:10400 giuseppe.on.usenet wrote: > The current directory has two files: That's your first mistake - using the current directory. > /* A.java */ > package wrk.pkg; This needs to be in directory "wrk/pkg/" relative to one of the classpath roots. I.e., the current directory the way you're working. > import wrk.B; > class A { B b; } > > /* B.java */ > package wrk; This needs to be in relative directory "wrk/". Notice that this is necessarily a *different* directory than the other class. > public class B { } > > The command javac -d . A.java B.java You're supposed to use directory notation with javac rather than "dot" notation. I was not aware that dot notation even worked here. In any case, it only partially "worked", not completely, at best, because you have things in the wrong directories. > compiles successfully, while javac -d . A.java > halts because it "cannot find symbol: class B". My question is: by Because things are in the wrong directories. > adding other options, is it possible to have the compiler seek and > compile B.java without specifying the filename on the command line? Why don't you read the documentation? You will find it astonishingly helpful. -- Lew