rm -rf build/ mkdir build jars=$(find ./lib/ -iname "*.jar" | tr '\n' ':') find ./src -iname "*\.java" > files.txt $JAVAC_CMD -d build/ -cp $jars @files.txt
Okay, it is a very very unfair blog title – only an eye catcher!
But now you can bookmark this useful code snippet to compile your project without installing ant or even an IDE.
… and you could say: “Hey man – this is not platform independent!”.
But then I would say: “Oh yes it is! For windows you should install cygwin of course!”
Keep smiling 😉
Update: on windows with cygwin you have to replace the colon : with a semicolon ;
Navigatone 
This is the dumbest thing I’ve seen in quite a while.
Oh calm down – you should keep smiling as I said! Could you comment such statements? Why is this dumb?
I know the header is a little bit provocating, but I don’t want to harm anybody 🙂
I just want to show you how to compile a nontrivial project with alots of jars and java files without an IDE or ant.
Do you know a better/shorter way?
Another question could be: “Could you implement this in Java in less then 30 lines?”
Please feel free to post the code!
Well sometimes I’ll do
find src -name ‘*.java’ -exec javac -cp $CLASSPATH {} \;
or
jar cvf code.jar `find src -name ‘*class’`
Cool! I liked it.
Good work! Ignore the “dumb” comment. Sometime it’s nice to see how things are done from different perspectives. Helps see the world in a new light. I like it too…
@Guy Mac, Booshweg, VG: thanks for your support 😉
@karsten: thanks for the challenge and one line