Other Reasons It Might Not Work
Here are some other things that might go wrong even if the PATH is set correctly:
Make sure you are in the right directory; type ls and check that the file CreeperTest.java is right there.
Make sure you’re typing javac CreeperTest.java (with the .java part). Otherwise you might see a truly confusing error message like this one:
| | error: Class names, 'CreeperTest', are only accepted if |
| | annotation processing is explicitly requested |
If the javac command reports some kind of “syntax” or “not found” or “not defined” error, that means it doesn’t understand the text in the CreeperTest.java file, so you may have mistyped something. These kinds of errors might look something like this:
| | CreeperTest.java:1: class, ... |
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