jar classpath help

[Ellen fish]

Hello,

I have a d.jar containing

MANIFEST.MF
a.jar
b.jar
c.jar
main.class

My MANIFEST.MF is

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.7.1
Created-By: 11.0-b15 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
Main-Class: RAPTestTool
Class-Path: a.jar b.jar c.jar

but when I call java -jar d.jar I'm still getting no class found. Did I not add these jar file in my classpath properly?

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you

just an extra question how can I create a folder and move a.jar b.jar c.jar there?

Thank you thank you

[Henry Wong]

The classpath variable (either environment or in the manifest) is used to find jar files in the local directories. The JVM doesn't search for jar files inside other jar files.

Henry

[Ellen fish]

ohh I see..
Then is there any way to group all the jars and the class together to make it a single executable jar or something else?
Thank you soooooo much for your help

[ November 26, 2008: Message edited by: Ellen fish ]
[ November 26, 2008: Message edited by: Ellen fish ]

[Brian Lang]

Originally posted by Ellen fish:
Then is there any way to group all the jars and the class together to make it a single executable jar or something else?

Search for 'java jar rejar' on Google. I personally think distributing your application jar in a directory with a simple 'lib' subdirectory (containing the linked jar files) is easier and neater, but it can be done.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Originally posted by Brian Lang:
Search for 'java jar rejar' on Google.

I tried just that and got this as the first hit

[Brian Lang]

Heh. Yeah, that Google engine works quickly.