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Re: a java classpath question

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On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:10:23 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> On 12/30/2012 3:49 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>> On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:50:48 -0800, John L. wrote:
>>
>>> On Friday, December 28, 2012 12:07:39 PM UTC-5, zyng wrote:
>>>> Hi: My Java program is started by using somebody's shell script.
>>>> Inside his script: java -classpath his_lib/'*' Main However, I also
>>>> wish to set Java's classpath for my code to work and I am not allowed
>>>> to change his script.(He: actually is a company. My program is
>>>> running inside this company's main frame). So when JVM starts, the
>>>> true classpath is my_lib/'*';his_lib/'*'. Is that possible to do?
>>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> At the risk of stating the obvious, perhaps set the %CLASSPATH%
>>> environment variable (or its Unix equivalent) prior to invoking your
>>> colleague's script.
>>
>> At the brisk of stating another obvious point, whats wrong with this
>> summary of the situation?
>>
>> 1) the owner of the computer wants your program to be run on it.
>> 2) an existing script must be changed for your program to run 3) the
>> computer's sysadmins won't let anybody else change scripts
>>     on production systems. (a fairly common situation).
>>
>> However this leaves the obvious outstanding question: why won't the
>> sysadmins, i.e. 'the company', make the changes needed for your program
>> to run?
> 
> Do you read Dilbert?
> 
> :-)
>

Not usually, though I know the strip - of course. BOFH is more my style.
 
However, I am genuinely puzzled why nobody seems to be authorized to make 
what seems to be a simple change. For all I know the problem *is* a PHB. 
There are far too many of them around thanks to the Peter Principle and 
MBA schools.


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a java classpath question zyng <xsli2@yahoo.com> - 2012-12-28 09:07 -0800
  Re: a java classpath question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-28 13:05 -0500
    Re: a java classpath question zyng <xsli2@yahoo.com> - 2012-12-28 10:44 -0800
      Re: a java classpath question zyng <xsli2@yahoo.com> - 2012-12-28 10:48 -0800
        Re: a java classpath question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-28 13:51 -0500
        Re: a java classpath question Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-28 13:16 -0800
      Re: a java classpath question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-28 13:48 -0500
  Re: a java classpath question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-29 09:52 -0800
  Re: a java classpath question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-30 07:53 -0800
    Re: a java classpath question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-30 15:40 -0500
  Re: a java classpath question "John L." <johnlarew@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-12-30 11:50 -0800
    Re: a java classpath question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-30 15:35 -0500
    Re: a java classpath question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-12-30 20:49 +0000
      Re: a java classpath question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-30 16:10 -0500
        Re: a java classpath question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-12-30 22:11 +0000

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