JAVA compilation error in UNIX

i have the java prog(abc.java) in 'sample' folder. when i compile using javac.....it gives the 2 errors as shown below...
this is the java prog...
public class abc {
public static void main(String aa[]) {
System.out.println("hello" );
}
}
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/u/up11/sample:>ls
a.java abc.java first.java

/u/up11/sample:>javac abc.java

abc.java:1: 'æ' expected
public class abc {
^
abc.java:6: ';' expected
^
2 errors
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what is the reason for this :(
pls let me know if anyone knows a solution to this...
Thanks,

Are there unprintable characters in the file? Did you copy it from a windows system without converting the lineends?

what is the character encoding of the file?

I typed the code by using 'oedit' in UNIX and did not copy from Windows.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by mtv134

what is the character encoding of the file?

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hi,
it says the default encoding type set is "C" , when i type the 'locale' cmd.

I searched for the Java compilation character set and look what I found in sun website
this is an option for the Javac command

-encoding encoding
Set the source file encoding name, such as EUCJIS/SJIS. If -encoding is not specified, the platform default converter is used.

i feel that the locale variable LC_ALL has to be changed to something like LC_ALL=En_US.IBM-1047,

pls refer these websites and see if some solution can be found

1)
publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v4r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.support.waszos40.doc/html/WebSphere_Application_Server_for_z_OS/swg1PQ63575.html]Help]Help
2)mail-archive.com/ibm-main@bama.ua.edu/msg62365.html]Re:

public static void main(String[] args) a

and not as you typed:

public static void main(String aa[])


The second thing also can be that javac is not found,try to find javac in your file system and in console type the path to it and the argument,on my Linix system it looks like:
/usr/local/jdk6/javac d.java

Are there other programs that you can use to read and display the contents of the source file? Do all of them show the source correctly?

Hi all,

The problem was 'locale' in UNIX server. I had to change my locale to Da_DK.IBM-1142 using export LC_ALL command.

This resolved my problem and i am able to compile. :-)