Using the Algorithm-Test Environment and Submitting Assignments

Getting CLASSPATH set up with bash

• Type cd at the Terminal. This takes you to the home directory.

• See what the path to your home directory looks like. Type pwd in your home directory.

• Edit the file .bashrc file in your home directory. To edit you can use any editor such as nano or pico (or anything else)

• Type the following into the editor

  
       export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:pathtoyourhomedir/cs3212/algtest.jar:.
       

  Here, you'll replace pathtoyourhomedir with the actual path to your home directory. This might look something like (for user batman):

  
       /Users/batman/Desktop
       

  Then, the whole thing would look like:

  
       export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/Users/batman/Desktop/cs3212/algtest.jar:.
       

• Windows: When running Linux/Gitbash on Windows, your CLASSPATH might instead need to include the C drive:

  
       export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/C/Users/batman/Desktop/cs3212/algtest.jar:.
       

• Note: you might already have various things in your .bashrc from an earlier course. That's OK, leave that stuff there.

• Save the file .bashrc

• Eliminate the Terminal and restart a new Terminal.

• As a quick check to see if .bashrc got saved, type

  
       cd
       more .bashrc
       

  You should see your additions to the file.

• Now type echo $CLASSPATH in the Terminal. You should see the full path to algtest.jar. If not, something has gone wrong and you'll need to address this before going further.

• If all of this worked, go back to where you left off in the test environment instructions