Compile source files from multiple subdirectories

Question

Hi. we know that we can compile multiple source files in a folder with the statement:
javac -classpath . *.java
How can we compile multiple source files that belong to different subfolders without using an IDE?
Example:
folder1, folder2, & folder3 all have .java source files, and all 3 folders belong to a folder named bigfolder;
what is the shortest way to compile those source files in one statement like the one above?

Answer 1

It should work withjavac -classpath your_classpath folder1\*.java folder2\*.java folder3\*.javaJust make sure that your_classpath allows all of the classes to be found.
It might be better to use the -d option in your case.javac -d path_for_classes folder1\*.java folder2\*.java folder3\*.javaYou just specify the directory into which the .class files and their package directories should go.