title: Build an eclipse Java project without Eclipse
body: <p>I would like to build my Java project from command line via a single command or external script, not using Eclipse, but just with the JDK. My project has 6 .jar libraries and 6 .java source files. If I need to compile each first, I can do that. I don't want to use ANT or MAVEN. Just plain .sh for now.</p>
  
  <p>There's probably an answer somewhere how to build with libraries and multiple classes, but most search result show Eclipse, Ant, and Maven. There is how to compile each class, to create a .class file. In Eclipse, I even already have that in /bin, so I could just link those together (or could I just run the .class file?) somehow.</p>
  
  <p>So, what command can I use to build a project with 6 .jar files and 6 .java files? I see this (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2096283/including-jars-in-classpath-on-commandline-javac-or-apt">Including jars in classpath on commandline (javac or apt)</a>), but I also want to have separate build directory and am confused whether the class-path should be the build or source directory or both.</p>