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I've been looking at compiling and running Java programs from the command line and I keep seeing different versions of setting the classpath: -cp vs -classpath. I want to think these are identical but can someone more knowledgeable than me confirm or refute this?
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In JDK 8 and JRE 8, the version strings are 1.8 and 1.8. 0. Here are some examples where the version string is used: java -version (among other information, returns java version "1.8.
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You can easily find answer by checking official documentation. From Windows or Unix versions:
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javacommand has a-cpoption that is an abbreviation for-classpath.
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They are the same. Do java -help to see all the options. -cp and -classpath do the same thing.
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