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Java Java Basics Getting Started with Java Introduction to Your Tools

Posted by Randolph Davidson
Randolph Davidson
1,117 Points

javac: File not found: introductions.java

Hello, I just starting using the intro to java course. I am following the video and have restarted it a number of times to see what I am doing wrong; however, I am still getting the message :

treehouse:~/workspace$ javac introductions.java
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx128m
javac: file not found: introductions.java
Usage: javac <options> <source files>
use -help for a list of possible options

I am already confused as to what I am not doing right. Any ideas?

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! Remember that just about everything in programming is case-sensitive. This is all run on a Linux-based system in the console. Everything on a Linux system is case sensitive. The file Introductions.java is a completely different file than introductions.java. In the command you posted above you have introductions.java which doesn't exist. Only Introductions.java exists.

Try the command again with the correct capitalization.

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Randolph Davidson
Randolph Davidson
1,117 Points

Hello and thank you for the quick reply. I just figured this same thing out lol. Thank you for the tip :)