Does java -jar option alter classpath options

Question

I have a jar file which mentions the main class in the manifest. When I try to execute the jar using the following command

java -cp .;./* com.foo.MainClass
<         


        

Answer 1

From this,

An executable JAR must reference all the other dependent JARs it requires through the Class-Path header of the manifest file. The environment variable CLASSPATH and any class path specified on the command line is ignored by the JVM if the -jar option is used.