How to set the CLASSPATH environment variable

Rodotheos · 06-18-2005, 05:55 AM

Hi guys,

I have recently downloaded the MySQL Connector/J the jdbc driver to connect to a MySQL database. Reading the installation instructions I found that under UNIX systems and using csh I have to run the following command: $ setenv CLASSPATH /path/to/mysql-connector-java-[version]-bin.jar:$CLASSPATH

I executed just the setenv command to find that there isn't any CLASSPATH variable there yet.
My question is... shall I run the comand as it is in the instructions manual to set the CLASSPATH or there is the danger to change something that alert the way my java apps execute?

What shall I do to install the driver? Any suggestions more than welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Rodotheos.

jonaskoelker · 06-18-2005, 07:37 AM

`setenv' is for csh. Use

Code:

$ export CLASSPATH=/path/to/foo:$CLASSPATH

in Bourne shells (sh, bash,).

You may want to do that in your .bashrc too.

hth --Jonas

Rodotheos · 06-20-2005, 04:00 AM

Thanks Jonas,

I'll try it. Bythe way, what is .bashrc?

grimse · 06-20-2005, 04:30 AM

hi
the ~/.bashrc allows you to set custom setting for your bash. you can add e.g. pathes, alias, scripts.

greetings, grim