From: Michael Adolfo San Jose <msanjose@gmu.edu>
Subject: SWE432 Java2 on OSF1

Hello Dr. Offutt,

This is the information I mentioned today in class regarding Java on
OSF1.  The default .login file doesn't include the updated path to the
latest Java SDK.  In order to access it, an updated path environment
variable needs to be set.

The default .login file will have an entry like below:
set path=($HOME/bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin .)

Users just need to insert a new line beneath it with the following:
set path=(/usr/local/java2 /usr/local/java2/bin $path)

The only difficulty is in accidentally modifying any other parts of the
.login file which can cause serious problems with a user's osf1
account.  So anyone editing their .login file should be warned to be very
careful.

That's it, as far as I know.  Users can then log out then back in or enter
the command at the csh prompt to update their current login
session.  Also, Yuan deserves credit for pointing this out to me (when our
cs471 java group project wouldn't compile on my osf1 account but would
compile on hers).

The updated java version on osf1 is
osf1.gmu.edu> java -version
java version "1.4.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
Fast VM (build 1.4.1-2, native threads, mixed mode, 06/18/2003-17:51)

Hope this helps, see you next week.

-Mike