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HF: JSP & Servlets (Can't compile my first class on Windows)

 
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Ok. I hate this. I can't get anything to work. I'm reading Head First: Servlets & JSP. I'm trying to make the first example work and I can't get the BeerSelect.java file to compile on my Windows XP machine.

Here's a copy of the command prompt I was just using with my input and the responses.

C:\WebDev\beerV1>javac -classpath C:\Tomcat\common\lib\servlet-api.jar:classes:.
-d C:\WebDev\beerV1\src\com\example\web\BeerSelect.java
javac: not a directory: C:\WebDev\beerV1\src\com\example\web\BeerSelect.java
Usage: javac <options> <source files>
use -help for a list of possible options

C:\WebDev\beerV1>javac -classpath C:\Tomcat\common\lib\servlet-api.jar:classes:.
-d src\com\example\web\BeerSelect.java
javac: not a directory: src\com\example\web\BeerSelect.java
Usage: javac <options> <source files>
use -help for a list of possible options

C:\WebDev\beerV1>javac -classpath C:\Tomcat\common\lib\servlet-api.jar:classes:.
-d C:\WebDev\beerV1\src\com\example\web\BeerSelect.java
javac: not a directory: C:\WebDev\beerV1\src\com\example\web\BeerSelect.java
Usage: javac <options> <source files>
use -help for a list of possible options

C:\WebDev\beerV1>javac -classpath \Tomcat\common\lib\servlet-api.jar:classes:. -
d \WebDev\beerV1\src\com\example\web\BeerSelect.java
javac: not a directory: \WebDev\beerV1\src\com\example\web\BeerSelect.java
Usage: javac <options> <source files>
use -help for a list of possible options



By the way, I did get the java file to compile on my Linux server, BUT the Servlet wouldn't run on Tomcat. It kept giving me a 404 error and saying that "/Beer-v1/form.html" isn't available even though I know for a fact it was. Tomcat was working and the form.html was showing just fine.

I'm so frustrated. If I could get thie stupid **** like this worked out, I could actually get started LEARNING J2EE!

B

EDIT by mw: Cleaned up language.
[ May 20, 2007: Message edited by: marc weber ]
 
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Welcome to JavaRanch!

I understand your frustration (when I started with Servlets, it took me quite a while to find a simple error in my deployment descriptor), but please don't cross-post. People are less likely to volunteer their time when they find the question has already been answered under a duplicate post. Please continue this discussion here.
 
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