Testing the NetRexx installation

To test your installation, make the directory to which you copied the executables the current directory, then (being very careful to get the case of letters correct):

1. Enter the command

   
     java COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC hello
   
   

   This should run the NetRexx compiler, which first translates the NetRexx program hello.nrx to the Java program hello.java. It then invokes the default Java compiler (javac), to compile the file hello.java to make the binary class file hello.class. The intermediate .java file is then deleted, unless an error occurred or you asked for it to be kept.^[1] 
   If you get errors from Java and you're running Java 1.2 or later, first re-check the final two steps in the Installing for Java 1.2+ section before trying the Installation Problems section.
2. Enter the command

   
     java hello
   
   

   This runs (interprets the bytecodes in) the hello.class file, which should display a simple greeting. On some systems, you may first have to add the directory that contains the hello.class file to the CLASSPATH setting so Java can find it.
3. With the sample scripts provided (NetRexxC.cmd, NetRexxC.bat, or NetRexxC.sh,), or the equivalent in the scripting language of your choice, the steps above can be combined into a simple single command such as:

   
     NetRexxC.sh -run hello
   
   

   This package also includes a trivial nrc.cmd, and matching nrc.bat and nrc scripts, which simply pass on their arguments to NetRexxC; ‘nrc’ is just a shorter name that saves keystrokes, so for the last example you could type:

   
     nrc -run hello
   
   

   Note that scripts may be case-sensitive, and unless running the OS/2 Rexx script, you will probably have to spell the name of the program exactly as it appears in the filename. Also, to use -run, you may need to omit the .nrx extension.
   You could also edit the appropriate nrc.cmd, nrc.bat, or nrc script and add your favourite ‘default’ NetRexxC options there. For example, you might want to add the -prompt flag (described later) to save reloading the translator before every compilation. If you do change a script, keep a backup copy so that if you install a new version of the NetRexx package you won't overwrite your changes.