hi friends,
 i am getting a problem while trying to compile a simple servlet.it shows an error :

C:\TOMCAT~1.0\WEBAPPS\RESUSE\WEB-INF\CLASSES>javac com/wrox/servlets/ExampleServ
let.java -classpath %CATALINA_HOME%\common\lib\servlet-api.jar
javac: invalid flag: 5.0\common\lib\servlet-api.jar
Usage: javac <options> <source files>
where possible options include:
  -g Generate all debugging info
  -g:none Generate no debugging info
  -g:{lines,vars,source} Generate only some debugging info
  -nowarn Generate no warnings
  -verbose Output messages about what the compiler is doing
  -deprecation Output source locations where deprecated APIs are us
ed
  -classpath <path> Specify where to find user class files
  -sourcepath <path> Specify where to find input source files
  -bootclasspath <path> Override location of bootstrap class files
  -extdirs <dirs> Override location of installed extensions
  -d <directory> Specify where to place generated class files
  -encoding <encoding> Specify character encoding used by source files
  -source <release> Provide source compatibility with specified release
  -target <release> Generate class files for specific VM version
  -help Print a synopsis of standard options


C:\TOMCAT~1.0\WEBAPPS\RESUSE\WEB-INF\CLASSES>
i am using Tomcat5.0 and jdk1.4 on winxp.
plz help me.
                                                        regards.
                                                             shilpa

shilpa

regarding your problem i will suggest you to check your classpath and set it properly,i think the problem is in that only...
Bye

Anand Pritam
Software engineer
(bangalore)

the syntax of javac is like this:
javac <options> <source files>

first set the classpath, then give the source file

javac -classpath %CATALINA_HOME%\common\lib\servlet-api.jar com/wrox/servlets/ExampleServlet.java

hope this would work.

Pretty

Try this out,

javac -classpath %CATALINA_HOME%\common\lib\servlet-api.jar com/wrox/servlets/ExampleServlet.java

 Instead of javac <options> <source files> format, you have used javac <source files> <options>. The above should resolve it.

Opttion

  -d <directory> Specify where to place generated class files

will be useful when you work with package

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