Javac not detecting package statements

Question

Initially I was using eclipse to set my packages for grouping classes, but recently I decided to try and organize some bytecode files by using notepad just to see if it would work fine in dos. I put two .java files in a directory and made up a package name similar to the directory and declared it in each file. Juxtaposing your package name and directory structure is not mandatory so I doubt that's my problem. When I went to compile the first file in dos, that was fine of course since it didn't rely on any other files. The second file gave a "cannot resolve symbol" error since it relied on the first file. In regards to my variable pathname and classpath, I edited my autoexec.bat to
set Path=%PATH%;C:\j2sdk1.4.2_05\bin;
set CLASSPATH=.;
Any input would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Ok I had two .java files in a C:\blah directory. The two .java files were Hello.java and Test.java.
package blah;
public class Hello {
    private String str;
    public Hello(String str) {
        this.str = str;
    public String toString() {
        String result = "";
        result += str;
        return result;
package blah;
public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Hello testing = new Hello("hello");
        System.out.println(testing);
}Test relies on Hello. Hello compiles fine with the normal javac command
my classpath config is:
set Path=%PATH%;C:\j2sdk1.4.2_05\bin;
set CLASSPATH=.;C:\;
when I try to compile Test I get a "cannot resolve symbol" error wherever Hello is in the .java file. I then tried opening up Test.java with jEdit and used the JCompile plugin. That worked and I saw that the command
javac -classpath .;C: -g C:\blah\Test.java was used. I then deleted the .class file and did the same command using dos and it certainly worked. Is there a problem with my classpath setting?