I think it's my classpath?

Question

Hi
Ive got java up and running and have been happily compiling, everything going smoothly. My classpath points to c:\jdk1_3\_work where I keep all my code and I usually have a couple sub directories under that where I keep specific projects ie. c:\jdk1_3\_work\project1 Everything works fine untill I try to create an instance of a class in the same sub directory.
When I try it in the c:\jdk1_3\_work directory it works fine with the 2 class files together, but any sub directory and it complains. I dont want to add to my classpath every sub directory, what can I do?

Answer 1

Sorry, that's the way it works if you don't use packages. Using a package statement is an alternative.
Your directory structure is
c:\jdk1_3\_work <------- this directory is in the classpath
|
project1
Create your .java file in project1 and make the first line "package project1;"
From jdk1_3\_work compile "javac project1\xxxx.java"
From jdk1_3\_work run it "java project1.xxxx"
There are alternative ways to use package statements, but this is the standard.