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Java: Run Java Application With Classpath Set To The Folder With Jars

04.21.2010
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        Consider class my.mackage.Main is packed in some jar in 'target' folder, and dependencies are in target/dependencies. Then run the app like this:

java -cp "target\*;target\dependency\*" my.package.Main


Consider that class Main is in current folder and dependencies are in 'lib' folder. Then run the app like this:

java -cp ".;lib\*" Main

Note, there is no *.jar and -cp parameter is double-quoted
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