FASTJAR(1)

NAME
jar - archive tool for Java archives

SYNOPSIS
jar -ctxu [OPTIONS] [jar-file] [manifest-file] [-C dir] files...

DESCRIPTION
"fastjar" is an implementation of Sun's jar utility that comes with the JDK, written entirely in C, and runs in a fraction of the time while being feature compatible.

If any file is a directory then it is processed recursively. The manifest file name and the archive file name needs to be specified in the same order the -m and -f flags are specified.

OPTIONS
Exactly one of the following actions must be specified:

-c  Create new archive.

-t  List table of contents for archive.

-x  Extract named (or all) files from archive.

-u  Update existing archive. This option is disabled due to bugs (currently fails with exit status 1 and does nothing).

The following parameters are optional:

-@  Read the names of the files to add to the archive from stdin. This option is supported only in combination with -c or -u. Non standard option added in the GCC version.

-C directory
    Change to the directory and include the following file.

-E  Prevent fastjar from reading the content of a directory when specifying one (and instead relying on the provided list of files to populate the archive with regard to the directory entry). Non standard option added in the GCC version.

-M  Do not create a manifest file for the entries.

-0  Store only; use no ZIP compression.

-V
--version
    Display version information.

-f archive
    Specify archive file name.

-m manifest
    Include manifest information from specified manifest file.

-v  Generate verbose output on standard output.

All remaining options are considered to be names of files.

SEE ALSO
gcj(1), gij(1), grepjar(1) and the Info entry for gcj.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being ``GNU General Public License'', the Front-Cover texts being (a) (see below), and with the Back-Cover Texts being (b) (see below). A copy of the license is included in the man page gfdl(7).

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     A GNU Manual

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     You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU
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