On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 18:03, javac javac wrote: > i'm running FC1 and've never understood the path variable stuff. when i type "pine" or "pico" at the terminal i get the expected response, but... > > to use the java compiler i have to enter the full path, along the lines of: > > /home/net/j2../javac foo.java > > which seems a bit much. what i want is to "javac foo.java" without all that path info. > > > thanks, > An alternative, since you only have the one executable file in the j2re directory is to make a link from some place normally on the PATH, i.e. ln -s /home/myname/...j3re/jfac /usr/bin/javac see 'man ln' for more Scott
