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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:02:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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cc: Ramneek Singh <ramneek AT cisco DOT com>
Subject: Re: Problem with Classpath for java thru perl script
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Ramneek Singh wrote:
> 
> > Hi ,
> > 
> > I just installed cygwin on windows 2000. 
> > I need it to run a perl script which will execute a java command .
> > Example: in the script it says thefollowing:
> > 
> > java -classpath $CLASSPATH myprogram argument1 arg2
> > 
> > 
> > The problem is that though echo $CLASSPATH shows the correct classpath
> > to the jar
> > Files , example C:\abc\def\myfile.jar  , when the perl script is run it
> > complains:
> > 
> > C:abcdefmyfile.jar not found
> > 
> > Notice in above the \ was stripped.
> > My java program is compiled with the C:\abc\def\myfiile.jar style of
> > classpath.
> > 
> > How can I get this to work ?
> 
> You didn't say exactly how you're invoking the java process, so depending 
> on what you do, there may be multiple solutions.  If you use system(), 
> either quote the '\'s by using more '\'s (see the perl manpage) or set 
> CLASSPATH in the environment, or use a suitably modified version of the 
> java wrapper script that I posted to this list earlier (see 
> <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-01/msg00174.html>).
> 	Igor

...or use forward slashes ('/'), which Java should understand with no 
problems.
	Igor
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