basic servlet compilation difficulty

[geet rahane]

Hello ranchers...
I am preparing for scwcd...i had read the hfsj but not done a single programme while reading...now i have started to do the practicle..and i found so many difficulties

I am doing the first basic programme of servlet...in that

my project directory is in C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_19\bin

i am using jdk1.5.0_19 and Tomcat 5.5

when i am trying to compile it using

c:\program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_19\bin\project>javac -classpath C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Tomcat 5.5/common/lib/servlet-api.jar -d classes src/Ch1Servlet.java



I get

javac is not recognised as a internal or external command..

whether the path ,i am using during compilation is wrong ???

i know that this was a very basic problem but please help.....

[Vishwanath Krishnamurthi]

Have you set the 'path' environment variable? (Assuming it is Windows)
The value would be like C:\<all those directories>\bin