Path Vs. Class Path

Question

Hi all Can someone tell me what's the difference b/w Path & Classpath? Thanks for any reply......

Jaganathan Bantheswaran · Answer

Hi PATH is nothing but setting up an environment for operating system. Operating System will look in this PATH for executables and you can run the executables (javac.exe java.exe javadoc.exe and so on) from any directory without having to type the full path of the command. Classpath is nothing but setting up the environment for Java. Java will use to find compiled classes (i.e. .class files). this is one of the way to tell applications including the JDK tools where to look for user classes For exampleassume that Java is installed in C:\jdk1.5.0\ and your code is in C:\Sample\example.java then your PATH and CLASSPATH should be set to: PATH=C:\jdk1.5.0\bin;%PATH% CLASSPATH=C:\Sample

Jaganathan Bantheswaran · Answer

Thanks for accepting my answer