Putting Jar in ClassPath/Loading JDBC Driver on Linux

Hi,
     I have got this to work on Windows � but then I simply put the Connector-J Jar into the �lib� directory of my Java installation. On this Linux machine I do not have the privileges to the �lib� directory � so I need to add the Jar to the class path � but it is not seeming to get added.
     I would appreciate any suggestions. I have copied the Connector-J Jar file to the Current working directory and I have tried
java -classpath './mysql-connector-java-5.1.6-bin.jar' -Xmx512M -jar ProcessBigDump_fat.jar
java -cp mysql-connector-java-5.1.6-bin.jar -Xmx512M -jar ProcessBigDump_fat.jar
Thank you for any ideas.
O.O.

When you use "-jar" any user settings of the classpath are ignored. Everything has to be specified within the jar archive itself.
Jars have a "manifest" which lets you do this. ProcessBigDump_fat.jar will already have a manifest: it has to in order to specify the main class. There will be a line like:
Main-Class: myapp.Main(Assuming the class with the static main() method was Main and it was part of the myapp package.)
What you have to do is add another line something like:
Class-Path: mysql-connector-java-5.1.6-bin.jarwhich will use the mysql jar (located in the same place as your jar) as part of the classpath.
Details in Sun's Tutorial.

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