The Java programming language

Use the java command to execute Java:

$ java
Usage: java [-options] class [args...]
           (to execute a class)
   or  java -jar [-options] jarfile [args...]
           (to execute a jar file)

where options include:
    -client       to select the "client" VM
    -hotspot      is a synonym for the "hotspot" VM  [deprecated]
    -server       to select the "server" VM
    -classic      to select the "classic" VM
                  If present, the option to select the VM must be first.
                  The default VM is -client.

    -cp -classpath <directories and zip/jar files separated by :>
                  set search path for application classes and resources
    -D<name>=<value>
                  set a system property
    -verbose[:class|gc|jni]
                  enable verbose output
    -version      print product version and exit
    -showversion  print product version and continue
    -? -help      print this help message
    -X            print help on non-standard options

The Java language is under the control of Sun Microsystems. See Sun's Java page for more information.

You can check out this book from the help desk:

Winston, Patrick Henry, and Sundar Narasimhan. On to Java. Addison-Wesley, 1996. ISBN 020149826X

John Shipman, john@nmt.edu Last updated: 2002/12/05 02:00:32 UT URL: http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/lang/java/homepage.html