Java classpath - Linux

Question

I am trying to understand how classpath really works. After searching around the web this is where I have reached so far:

I have added

export CLASSP         


        

Answer 1

I think you should not put any paths that a local to your home directory in a system wide file. I would leave /etc/environment well alone, unless you provide some changes, that are necessary or beneficial to all users. Put any changes to the CLASSPATH in your .bashrc in your home directory.

  CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/home/foo:/home/foo/Java_code/my_code
  export CLASSPATH

This way you can source it and any newly started bash will have the settings right at once.