Expert with hp-ux

Question

i have an app that has to run on a hp-ux machine but i get the following message when i run my app
Unable to initialize threads: cannot find class java/lang/Thread
here is my shell that start the app
JAVA="/opt/java/bin/java"
BINDIR="/usr/fritz/bin/cse/"
BASEDIR="/opt/java/lib/"
cd $BINDIR
CLASSES="$BASEDIR;$BINDIR;$BINDIR/Parser.jar;"
$JAVA -classpath $CLASSES com.fritz.cold.server.Server
echo "Cold search engine started"
i need to know if i<m doing something wrong here
if someone already worked with hp-ux please tell me it supports threads ( i can barely imagine it would'nt)

Answer 1

This article: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ext/basics/load.html talks about how the JRE finds classes.
1. rt.jar, i18n.jar: java.lang.Thread is in rt.jar. rt.jar is not on your classpath, but I believe that it is located via the JAVA_HOME environment variable. (On my system rt.jar is at $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib.)
2. jar files in lib/ext: These are not on your classpath either, and again, they are located via JAVA_HOME. (On my system lib/ext is $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext.)
3. classes and jar files in your classpath. If you're putting classes on your classpath, you need to list the directory in which those classes reside, e.g. /home/myusername/dev/lib/classes. If you're putting jar files on your classpath, you need to list each and every jar file, e.g. /opt/inprise/vbroker/lib/vbjorb.jar.
HTH!