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On 4/24/2011 1:53 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:54:38 -0700, Patricia Shanahan<pats@acm.org>
> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>
>>
>> Why do you consider setting the classpath variable preferable to using
>> the java -cp parameter?
>
> if you change the global classpath you could screw up some other Java
> app.

That is why I consider setting the classpath inferior to using -cp.

I'm curious about why buddy s recommends changing classpath in .bat
files rather than using -cp.

Patricia