Classnotfound when running program from command prompt

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When I run my java program from the command prompt, the program does not not run because of a ClassNotFound error. But the class I see is there in a jar file which is on the classpath. That same program when I run from Eclipse works.Not sure as to what I am missing here.Thanks.I was trying to run the following command from my windows dos prompt:C:\softwares\SpringBatchExample4>java -cp "target/dependency-jars/*:target/spring-batch.jar" org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.CommandLineJobRunner spring/batch/jobs/job-read-files.xml readJob.And I looked into one of the jars under target\dependency-jars to confirm that the jar file has the CommandLineJobRunner class.

probably you need to provide the required libraries while running from cmd. — YoungHobbit, Sep 27 '15 at 12:13
Thanks.I was trying to run the following command from my windows dos prompt:C:\softwares\SpringBatchExample4>java -cp "target/dependency-jars/*:target/spring-batch.jar" org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.CommandLineJobRunner spring/batch/jobs/job-read-files.xml readJob — user5053360, Sep 27 '15 at 14:32
Please add the command to the question and format it as code. You can edit the question. — Stefan Dollase, Sep 27 '15 at 14:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 27 '15 at 12:25

When running a JAR file from command line you have two options for specifying the classpath:

Using the -classpath or -cp command line argument, followed by a space and a list of full paths to all classpath entries delimited by a semicolon (Windows) or colon (Linux/Unix);
Using the Class-Path entry in the main JAR manifest where other rules apply.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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If there is no Main-Class entry in your manifest file, you might need to specify the class containing the main method on the command line like this:

java -cp MyJar.jar com.example.MyMainClass

Classnotfound when running program from command prompt

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