CLASSPATH & PATH

[Arun Maalik]

Hey rancher please specify me the diffrence between PATH and CLASSPATH variable

actualuy i am setting classpath=c:\jdk1.3\bin so that i can run javac from any where but it is not working. why?

with regard
Arun kumar maalik

[Keith Lynn]

The bin directory of your JDK should be in your PATH, not CLASSPATH.

PATH is a list of directories the operating system searches to look for executable files.

CLASSPATH is a list of directories that the compiler and interpreter use to locate .class files.