title: Java Classpath and relative paths
body: <p>If you have a relative path in the java class path, does this just search the current working directory. Does the same hold for class paths declared in a manifest file. In a manifest file is it relative to the dir the jar is in?</p>
  
  <p>Ex.
  Cmdline</p>
  
  <pre><code>java -cp somejar.jar
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Or</p>
  
  <p>Manifest</p>
  
  <pre><code>Class-Path: somejar.jar
  </code></pre>