On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 07:41:11 -0500 "Caldarale, Charles R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> > From: John Najarian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: RE: A little offbeat question > > > > I'm still going to look at the CLASSPATH env var. Maybe I should > > add '.' to the CLASSPATH variable. > > These days, Sun seems to be recommending not using the CLASSPATH > environment variable - ever. I wish they would clarify that, to, "Don't set CLASSPATH yourself. Let the applications or frameworks do that." I think that would be less confusing. > Use either the -cp argument on each > program invocation, or make the proper directory current when you > execute the desired program. In light of security issues deriving from the default assumption of having executables in the working directory, -cp would be the correct way to do this. But I don't remember. Is Sun planning to do away with defaulting to the current working directory when CLASSPATH is empty? > Your experience is a good example of why > global environment variables must be used very judiciously. > > - Chuck > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE > PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. > If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the > e-mail and its attachments from all computers. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Joel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
