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jar file

L5 · 2004-04-04 13:00:29

I have a jar file i want to edit and have a look at some stuff in it. Are jar files viewable or are they encrypted or something, i tried viewing in editplus and such, its now readable though, just a load of characters. Ive tried finding this out from google, but to no avail. Thanks

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04-04-2004 2:00pm

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L5

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I have a jar file i want to edit and have a look at some stuff in it. Are jar files viewable or are they encrypted or something, i tried viewing in editplus and such, its now readable though, just a load of characters.
Ive tried finding this out from google, but to no avail.
Thanks

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#2 04-04-2004 3:30pm
Silent Bob

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A jar is just a zipped directory.

You can unzip it with any popular unzipping utility

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#3 04-04-2004 6:08pm
elvis2002

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I know you can use winzip but I like to use winrar instead.

A jar file is just an archive of class files

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#4 04-04-2004 6:48pm
leppy

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It works from the command line either.... jar xf filename

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#5 05-04-2004 3:27pm
phobos

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command line:

viewing contents: jar -tf jarfile.jar
create jar: jar -cvf jarfile.jar file1 file2 file 3 filen (* works also)
extract jar: jar -xvf jarfile.jar (will extract to the current directory)

HTH

;-phobos-)

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