If you downloaded and extracted the zip file into C:\TEMP
1. Download "scott-tiger.txt" and scott-tiger-Enhanced.txt into C:\TEMP\WDB1\WDB
2. cd C:\TEMP\WDB1\WDB
3. On Windows (even with cygwin)
java -cp "lib\je.jar;." wdb.WDB
On Unix or Linux
java -cp "lib/je.jar:." wdb.WDB
4. source "scott-tiger.txt";
or
source "scott-tiger-Enhanced.txt";
5. Execute some queries from the "Sample Queries" links on the main class website.
6. To reset the database, remove all .jdb files (i.e., rm *.jdb).