Thread: Cannot find class in same package

package package_play;
// file name is PP.java in package_play directory
 
public class PP {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        Flubber f = Flubber("Hi fool");
        System.out.println(f.msg);
    }
}
 
// file name is Flubber.java in package_play directory
package package_play;
 
public class Flubber {
    String msg;
    Flubber(String x) {
        msg = x;
    }
}

I compile Flubber.java running javac from package_play directory - no problem
I then compile PP.java running javac from package_play directory - error: cannot find Flubber
I must be missing something basic. CLASSPATH is not set. My understanding is it will default to current directory.
Thanx for any suggies - oh, please don't suggest I use your favorite IDE instead of the command line

The CLASSPATH is not set. The default is supposed to default to the current directory which is the directory containing both files.

Forgot to mention I'm on a Mac. Here's a recap:

package package_play; # File name PP.java
 
public class PP {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        Flubber f = new Flubber("Hi fool");
        System.out.println(f.msg);
    }
}
 
package package_play; # file name Flubber.java
 
public class Flubber {
    String msg;
    Flubber(String x) {
        msg = x;
    }
}

position myself in the package_play directory
javac -cp ../ Flubber.java => works
javac -cp ../ PP.java => also works
java PP => fails
Error: Could not find or load main class PP
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: package_play/PP (wrong name: PP)
java -cp ../ PP => fails - same error as above
BTW: if I remove the package statements I can compile both files and run the program without any classpath.

Bingo!!
Added package_play to java command & it works.
Norm, thanx for staying with this with your help
... Charlie