executing java program whose class file is in diff path

[jeevanandam palani]

hi
the Sample.class is in Desktop/myclass folder.
i want to execute it from Desktop

what should i do
help me......

[Rob Spoor]

Check out URLClassLoader. Don't get the name fool you, you can also represent files as URLs. For instance:

File file = ...
URL url = file.toURI().toURL();

[jeevanandam palani]

in command prompt i want to execute like
java Sample

but classnotfounderror is shown
help me to execute in command prompt..

[Joe Ess]

The Java documentation includes a description on How Classes are Found. The easiest thing would be to include the folder where Sample can be found on the command line, like so:

 java -classpath Desktop Sample    

[jeevanandam palani]

i think using classpath option while executing will work,but i dont know how to set the classpath while executing

something like
java -classpath <path> classname

but i don't know how to specify the path,
explanation with example would be even better.
can anyone help me please....

[Joe Ess]

jeevanandam palani wrote:but i don't know how to specify the path,
explanation with example would be even better.
can anyone help me please....

Did you even look at what I posted?

[jeevanandam palani]

Hi Joe Ess,
Your idea is working fine.Thanks for your reply.

[Rob Spoor]

It seems I misunderstood the problem; I thought that you wanted to execute your Java program from another Java program. For your problem the class path is exactly what you need.