I'm creating a Perl script that will compile java code and create a jar file from it. The script resides in

c:\Files\

My souce resides in:

c:\Files\splatt\src\

The hitch is that the class files are compiled to a different directory than the one the script resides in. For example: 

   $MakeGistMain = "javac $java_opt $class_dir splatt\\src\\.java";
   system ($MakeGistMain);

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compiles to $class_dir. When it's time to create the jar I need to chage to the directory that contains the class files and jar them up: 

   $cd_class_dir = "cd $class_dir";
   system($cd_class_dir);
   system("jar -cvf splatt.jar splatt");

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What this does is create a jar file containing the .java files, not the .class files, suggesting that the cd isn't actually executed properly. Is there something I'm not doing?

In reply to How do I change directories from within a script? by Splatt

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