help: path variables...huh?

[javac javac]

i'm running FC1 and've never understood the path variable stuff.  when i type "pine" or "pico" at the terminal i get the expected response, but...

to use the java compiler i have to enter the full path, along the lines of:

/home/net/j2../javac foo.java

which seems a bit much.  what i want is to "javac foo.java" without all that path info.


thanks,

javac at mail dot com
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