class file created by javac is in the wrong directory

ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :

On my PC, running:
    javac --version
yields:
    javac 17.0.3

     uname -a
yields:
     Linux cimoli 4.19.0-18-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.208-1 (2021-09-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux



    SHELL=/bin/tcsh
    OSTYPE=linux
    MACHTYPE=x86_64
    HOSTTYPE=x86_64-linux
    ARCH=x86_64
    HOST=cimoli
    TZ=America/New_York
    JAVA_HOME=/usr/share/jdk
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla
    LD_PRELOAD=undefined
    DISPLAY=:0.0
    LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=undefined
    _JAVA_SR_SIGNUM=undefined
    _ALT_JAVA_HOME_DIR=undefined


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
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When the shell script 'runExample.csh' it runs the following command:

    javac -g -classpath . bfs/weblog/WebLog.java

When the java compiler is run, it should create a class file in the
same directory as the named java file. In this case, the java command
should create the class file:

    bfs/weblog/WebLog.class

However, the class file is created in:

    bfs_java1.8/weblog/WebLog.class

Thus, the object file is being created in the wrong directory.


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
send an email to be at jjanderson52000@gmail.com and I will respond with a tar file that contains the example.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
I expect the class file to be created in the same directory as the directory of the source file specified on the command line.
ACTUAL -
The source file is a symbolic link to a java file in different directory. The class file was sent to the directory of the original source not to the directory of the specified source file.

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CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
find the created class file and move it to directory where it should be, or create a symbolic link from the correct directory to the directory where the source java file is linked to.

FREQUENCY : occasionally