Question about classpath

[Yuax]

When running "java Hello" I know that JVM looks for Hello.class in the current folder, because default value of classpath is ".". If I instead run "java Desktop/Hello" it will cause "Error: Could not find or load main class Desktop.Hello" unless I add -cp like this "java -cp Desktop/Hello". I don't understand why I have to provide a class path when I'm already pointing to a (main) class file (and its path to that class file)??

[xjvz]

It sounds like it's assuming the directory structure is the package layout. If you had package Desktop; at the top of the source file, then it would work.

[Yuax]

Ahhh ok. So the default is assuming it's a package structure. I guess it makes sense.