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"MANIFEST.MF", what's it?

zeeman zheng
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Dear All,
There is a file named "manifest.mf" located in "Meta-inf" directory, could anyone tell me what's this file? Is it useful?
Thanks.
zeeman
Rick Fortier
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It is useful when you want to execute a jar. It tells java which class has "main" in it. Read the jar documentation.
 
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