From: Richard Brodie [R.Brodie@rl.ac.uk]
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 4:41 AM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: run java out of jar files, vs jar -xf


"David Mathog" <mathog@seqaxp.bio.caltech.edu> wrote in message
news:8la77v$c0m@gap.cco.caltech.edu...
> Is there a way to run programs on VMS using the "java" command without
> first having to jar -xf all the jar files that comprise it?

A construction like:

java  -classpath 'f$trnlnm("CLASSPATH")':/app_dir/app.jar Class

works for me (JDK 1.1.8)