compiling java programs in Unix

[betalpha]

I'm having trouble compiling my program in Unix. I initially developed it on Windows in Eclipse. I have two files: Tokenizer.java and TokenizerMain.java. They are both in a directory called "tokenizer" I'm compiling from my home directory:

% javac tokenizer/TokenizerMain.java
./tokenizer/Tokenizer.java:5: 'class' or 'interface' expected
package tokenizer;
^
tokenizer/TokenizerMain.java:2: cannot access tokenizer.Tokenizer
bad class file: ./tokenizer/Tokenizer.java
file does not contain class tokenizer.Tokenizer
Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct subdirectory of the classpath.
import tokenizer.Tokenizer;
^
2 errors

And those are the errors I receive. It works fine when I compile it via Eclispe.
Under my TokenizerMain class I typed:
package tokenizer;
import tokenizer.Tokenizer;
Under my Tokenizer class I typed:
package tokenizer;

Any help would be appreciated.

[Ganon11]

First, when using javac to compile your .java files in packages, you use a period (.) instead of the forward slash (/) to separate the package name from the file name:

javac tokenizer.TokenizerMain.java

(That is, I think so. I've had to actually go into the folder containing the .java files and compile them using javac *.java)

Second, if two classes are in the same package, they don't need to be imported to each other - they automatically have access to each other.

[JosAH]

First, when using javac to compile your .java files in packages, you use a period (.) instead of the forward slash (/) to separate the package name from the file name:

javac tokenizer.TokenizerMain.java

(That is, I think so. I've had to actually go into the folder containing the .java files and compile them using javac *.java)

No, javac compiles files so it uses those slashes; java runs classes so it uses
those dots. Compiling them all together is the way to go. Also type in 'javac' and
see what flags to use to point the compiler where the .class files can be found
and the .java source files can be found.

kind regards,

Jos

[Ganon11]

...right. This is why I should try this before I speak.

[betalpha]

Turns out I didn't even need the package stuff. I just ran javac <all my files> and it worked. Thanks for helping out you two.