I have not tried it on the mac yet but it is just free bsd so it would be something like this. Export CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH:/MYDIR/MYJAR.JAR:/MYSECONDDIR/MYSECONDJAR.JAR" -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Florian-achtige Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 10:45 AM To: programmingblind Subject: modifying buildpath for java on mac OS X Hi all, I am ssh-ing into a mac to compile a java project but I am having some trouble. Some more research indicates I need to add two jar files contained in the project to my buildpath. How is this done from the command line? Thanks, Florian __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind