[RESOLVED] CLASSPATH & .jar files

Isn't there a more easy way to deal with all the .jar file paths you have to add to classpath?

Beijing fairly new to Java, I find it kind of "weird" having to add so many .jar files to the classpath each time you add something (like WebDriver just now.)

Another question (probably a stupid one):
If you are told to : Add $WEBDRIVER_HOME/common/build/webdriver-common.jar to the CLASSPATH
In this "instruction" do they mean replace $WEBDRIVER_HOME with the actual path to the webdriver home folder, or do you have to configure a variable $WEBDRIVER_HOME somewhere (maybe add it to environment variables?)

Yes there is an easy way. Copy the jar libs into a single folder and add that to the classpath instead. And about your second question... Both ways are right but it usually means to create a variable.

Thanks...will look into keeping all .jar's in one folder and do a wildcard to include them all.

Right now I just messed things up, after deciding to reinstall my laptop. Worked fine before, but now cannot use the command prompt to navigate around as I should (like cd D:/Code/webdriver ... worked fine before reinstall and now not) uurgh

Command prompt in windows doesn't use forward slashes you'll have to use the backslash

naah..i was stupid. only had to change to my D driver (d:) and then could carry on...
Did not use the command prompt this much in many years.. learning learning!!

Like this?

Code:

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D:\Code\webdriver\build\webdriver-common.jar;D:\Code\webdriver\build\webdriver-htmlunit.jar;D:\Code\webdriver\htmlunit\lib\runtime\*.jar;

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The runtime folder only have .jar's (about 15) which all must be added to the classpath (see here)

just add the folder not the jar files. I don't know if your way works though