Creating a directory and copying scripts into the directory

To help you complete this activity, you must create a directory and copy several scripts into the new directory. You will use these scripts to quickly add tables and data to a new Derby database.

Tip: A command prompt appears after each command is run. If an error occurs, verify the syntax and retype the command.
  1. Open a command window and change to a directory where you want to store the files that you create during the self-study tutorial activities.
  2. Create the DERBYTUTOR directory. DERBYTUTOR will be your working directory for this activity.
    Operating System Command
    UNIX (Korn Shell)
    mkdir DERBYTUTOR
    Windows
    md DERBYTUTOR
  3. Change to the DERBYTUTOR directory.
    Operating System Command
    UNIX (Korn Shell)
    cd DERBYTUTOR
    Windows
    cd DERBYTUTOR
  4. Copy the SQL scripts from the Derby?? demo\programs\toursdb subdirectory into the DERBYTUTOR directory. You will use these scripts to create tables and add data to a new database, toursdb.
    Operating System Command
    UNIX (Korn Shell)
    cp $DERBY_HOME/demo/programs/toursdb/*.sql .
    Windows
    copy %DERBY_HOME%\demo\programs\toursdb\*.sql .
  5. Verify that the files were copied to the DERBYTUTOR directory.
    Operating System Command
    UNIX (Korn Shell)
    ls DERBYTUTOR
    Windows
    dir DERBYTUTOR
    Important: Include the dot (.) at the end of each command so that your current working directory is included in the classpath and the files are copied to the correct location.