can't run java program in dos prompt

[ValValVal]

Hi.
I created simple Hello World application that compiles&runs ok in NetBeans 6.1 but when I try to run it with command line

java main

it says that:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassFoundDefFoundError:main(wrong name).

and some other thing

Advice very appreciated.

[pronerd]

Well for starters you are trying to execute your source code. You need to use the compiled class file, not the Java source file. The command should be java main.class. The class also has to have a main method, and any dependant classes have to be in the class path.

[Nepomuk]

You want to do this:

javac main.java
java main

Greetings,
Nepomuk

[ValValVal]

By mistake I wrote
java main.java

in my previous post.

Actually what I entered was
java main

After which compiler said that it cannot find main class.

[Nepomuk]

Well, first of all, the compiler is javac - this is the java virtual machine (jvm).

Now, does main.java contain a main method? And also, is it in any package (which would be indicated by package name-of-the-package at the top of main.java)?

Oh, and do any other files belong to the project?

Greetings,
Nepomuk