[adamk]

i need to package some programs in a .jar file, but everytime i use the jar tool, jibberish is printed to the screen. what is the best way to re-install the program.

Code:
102 10:05:59 [cactus]:~ adam% jar -c test.jar
test.jar : no such file or directory
K-*???R0?3??r.JM,IM?u?2M???*h8?*8??????(x?%?i?r?rP??\FFQK2      
META-INF/??QK2??\FF=META-INF/MANIFEST.MFPK}?103 10:08:05 
[cactus]:~ adam%

the -c flag should, and has, create a new file.

[Chuckit]

That command gives the same output on the practically fresh install of the devtools on my computer here at work. The documentation for jar says the -c flag will output the jar data to stdout, which is what it looks like it's doing.

[adamk]

Originally posted by Chuckit:
That command gives the same output on the practically fresh install of the devtools on my computer here at work. The documentation for jar says the -c flag will output the jar data to stdout, which is what it looks like it's doing.

huh,

Code:
Usage: jar {ctxu}[vfm0Mi] [jar-file] [manifest-file] [-C dir] files ...
Options:
    -c  create new archive

does the "-" before the c matter? anyway, i made it work by using

Code:
jar cvfm my.jar manifest.mf *.class

i re-made my manifest file, so maybe there was something wrong in there as well.

[Chuckit]

Originally posted by adamk:
huh,

Code:
Usage: jar {ctxu}[vfm0Mi] [jar-file] [manifest-file] [-C dir] files ...
Options:
    -c  create new archive

The manpage has a longer description:

Code:
c    Creates a new or empty archive on the standard output.

[Kristoff]

c- creates
f- specify filename
x- extracts

so to make a jar:

jar cf foo.jar file-list

to extract it:

jar xf foo.jar