Compiling Java code on the command line in Mac OS X

Question

Really basic question I'm sure for some of you Java heads out there.

I have a list of java files and jars that are required.

On windows to build I have this batch file

javac -cp .;opencsv-1.8.jar;mysql-connector.jar -source 1.4 -target 1.4 *.java
jar cvf cup.jar *.class
del *.class

If I want to do the same thing on mac how would a write a shell script to do the same?

Michael Myers · Accepted Answer · 2009-06-30 16:34:24Z

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Basically the same thing, except

Also, I'd put a shabang at the start.

So:

#!/bin/sh
javac -cp .:opencsv-1.8.jar:mysql-connector.jar -source 1.4 -target 1.4 *.java
jar cvf cup.jar *.class
rm *.class

answered Jun 30, 2009 at 16:34

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2 Comments

Yup, forgot the bang part of the shabang.

Thanks, the ':' in the path separator was the one catching me out.