dis is invoked as follows:

dis javafile.class

dis will also search the CLASSPATH environment variable, so if you
have the standard java classes (unzipped) in your classpath, you can
type

dis java/lang/String or 
dis java/lang/String.class
assuming you in the directory that contains the java directory.

You can also go directly to the java/lang directory and type 

dis String.class

Options to dis are:

-nocomment.  This will suppress the bytecode comments from printing
out.

dis -nocomment *.class 

suppresses bytecode comments.

-noconstantpool.  This will supress printing out the constant pool
information`

-methodname xxx.  This will disassemble only the method named xxx.



dis looks in the current directory for a file with the .java
extension.  If such a file exists, dis will intersperse source and
bytecode.

I have built this successfully on a SPARC running solaris, a PC
running linux, an Alpha running some flavor of UNIX, and on NT.

For NT/95, you have to build a static library for cii, and then link
the dis files with that library.  I tried this under VC5.0.  No that
under most UNIX systems, multiple CLASSPATHs are seperated by a : On
NT, it's a ;

Questions, comments and suggestions can be directed to
benjasik@cs.princeton.edu