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Jose Manuel
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Joined: Feb 14, 2003
Posts: 5
Hi,
Just few questions as a beginner in Java:
1.- What can I find inside jar files, classes...?
1.- Can I "unzip" a jar file in order to see its contents?. If it is possible, how can I do this?
Thanks in advance.
Jose.
Amol Desai
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Joined: Jan 29, 2003
Posts: 82
Hi,
JAR file will contain the class files and auxiliary resources associated with applets and applications.
You can view the contents of jar file using
c:\jdk\bin>jar xf <jar-file name>.
The jar tool can be found in the bin directory of of JDK.
Hope this helps
karl koch
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Joined: May 25, 2001
Posts: 388
hi
on windows you can open it with winzip.
jar files are using the zip algorithm so you should be able to rpocess them with any zip tool available.
k
Jose Manuel
Greenhorn

Joined: Feb 14, 2003
Posts: 5
Thanks for the info Amol and Karl.
Jose.
 
 
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