Why am I getting a "cannot find symbol" error here in Eclipse, when it's all in the project directory?

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I'm getting the following error in Eclipse, when I try to run a Batch file via the External Tools feature (in the Run menu).

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C:\Eclipse_Java\AutonomicUsingJMX\adelthesis\src\fixedMessageApp>cd C:\Eclipse_Java\AutonomicUsingJMX\adelthesis\src\fixedMessageApp 

C:\Eclipse_Java\AutonomicUsingJMX\adelthesis\src\fixedMessageApp>javac -cp commons-io-2.4.jar FixedMessageSequenceServer.java 
FixedMessageSequenceServer.java:18: error: cannot find symbol
    private FixedMessageSequenceProtocol fmsp;

This is my batch file :

cd C:\Eclipse_Java\AutonomicUsingJMX\adelthesis\src\fixedMessageApp 
javac -cp commons-io-2.4.jar FixedMessageSequenceServer.java   
java  FixedMessageSequenceClient.java 
java FixedMessageSequenceClient 
pause  
echo finished

But everything is in one project folder within Eclipse :

Any clues on what is going wrong with my code ? I'm thinking my batch file is incorrect, but not sure

@kevingreen - Actually, there is none, the batch is just used to kick off the whole Client/Server application externally via the `Run` --> `External Tools` menu — Caffeinated, Mar 28 '16 at 16:10
@kevingreen - thanks though , I could use something like `ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("mybatch.bat");` — Caffeinated, Mar 28 '16 at 16:11
@suresh - not sure I follow you , `commons-io-2.4.jar ` is in there — Caffeinated, Mar 28 '16 at 16:12
The "cannot find symbol" error is a compilation error. What happens when you run the batch lines individually? — kevingreen, Mar 28 '16 at 16:14
@kevingreen - ah you're right, I'm getting same error in CMD — Caffeinated, Mar 28 '16 at 16:19

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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Cannot find symbol is a compilation error. Check the commands individually to see which one is having the problem.

See this related answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25706217/288915

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Mar 28 '16 at 16:35

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Why am I getting a "cannot find symbol" error here in Eclipse, when it's all in the project directory?

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