X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=e8c44a99d89d1464bb56163c4cc565ac51feb064;hb=2d1798c357c64064590a4206e944b740b0539435;hp=19b0c2d17084f40d5d7ac91b2f84e42c402518b6;hpb=300f1c773b44220bd8dbc0db547e77b74da1cecb;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/README b/README
index 19b0c2d..e8c44a9 100755
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -46,13 +46,18 @@ For more help, read the file doc/building.html
 
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-To run application:
+To run application...
+[ NOTE: when using the -classpath option with the '*' wildcard, the argument must be quoted to avoid shell expansion of the wildcard,
+  ALSO, the wildcard MUST be as DIR/* and not DIR/*.jar etc or it will not be interpreted correctly ]
 
-java -Djava.ext.dirs=JALVIEW_HOME/lib -cp JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar jalview.bin.Jalview
+on Windows use:
+  java -classpath "JALVIEW_HOME/lib/*;JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar" jalview.bin.Jalview
+and on MacOS or Linux:
+  java -classpath "JALVIEW_HOME/lib/*:JALVIEW_HOME/jalview.jar" jalview.bin.Jalview
 
 Replace JALVIEW_HOME with the full path to Jalview Installation Directory. If building from source:
 
-java -Djava.ext.dirs=JALVIEW_BUILD/dist -cp JALVIEW_BUILD/dist/jalview.jar jalview.bin.Jalview
+  java -classpath "JALVIEW_BUILD/dist/*" jalview.bin.Jalview
 
 
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