How Do I get the CodeKitchen Samples Out of the Jar File?

[David Ausman]

I'm trying to get some of the code samples from a Jar file for the book Head First Java but I can't open them because it says it is missing a manifest.

I am using this command: java -jar codeKitchensTiger.jar

The file is located here:

http://www.wickedlysmart.com/HeadFirst/HeadFirstJava/HeadFirstJavaIndex.html

Am I using the right command?

Thank you.

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

That's the correct command to run the jar file as an application, but it sounds like it's not an application, but merely an archive of files. The command to unpack such an archive would be

jar xf codeKitchensTiger.jar

The "jar" application is in the JDK, along with "java" and "javac".

[Ryan Beckett]

Open the jar file in WinRar.

[David Ausman]

Ah! Gracias!