title: What does "java -classpath .:" mean?
body: <p>There is no mention of this <a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/windows/java.html" rel="nofollow">in the documentation</a>, but I get a ClassNotFoundException when calling it without the <code>:</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Full line:</p>
  
  <pre><code>java -classpath .:soy-20100708.jar HelloWorld
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This works too though...</p>
  
  <pre><code>java -classpath :soy-20100708.jar HelloWorld
  </code></pre>