For Java-based programs such as Maven, Jenkins, Gradle or Tomcat to run, they need to know that Java's JDK is installed. That's the purpose of the JAVA_HOME environment variable. It tells programs ...
The initial $ {CLASSPATH} is to preserve the previous contents of the classpath variable, in case it was already set. This is generally a good idea when amending path-ish environmental variables.
Anyone here successfully install the pure-Java Cloudscape RDBMS? Anyone here familiar with setting the CLASSPATH under OSX? Anyone here familiar with setting an environment variable under OSX?