Java directory and Classpath

Directory Structure Description

Jdk

• Bin Compilers and tools
• Demo Demos
• Docs HTML-formatted class library documents
• Include files for compiling local methods
• JRE Java Runtime Environment
• Lib Class library file
• SRC class Library source files

Now you can understand the setup of path and classpath.

Variable name: java_home
Variable Value: C:\Program files\java\jdk1.7.0
Variable name: CLASSPATH
Variable value:.; %java_home%\lib\dt.jar;%java_home%\lib\tools.jar;
Variable name: PATH
Variable value:%java_home%\bin;%java_home%\jre\bin;

Java directory and Classpath