---
name: "jar.kaffe"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kaffe-common"
version: "2:1.1.8-5.2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jar.kaffe"
---

# jar.kaffe(1)

jar

## NAME

jar - jar

## SYNOPSIS

**jar** *{ctxuV}*\[*vfm0ME@*\] \[*jar-file*\] \[*manifest-file*\] \[*-C dir*\] *files* ...

## DESCRIPTION

Store many files together in a single \`jar' file.

- **-c**

  create new archive

- **-t**

  list table of contents for archive

- **-x**

  extract named (or all) files from archive

- **-u**

  update existing archive

- \-@

  read names from stdin

- **-0**

  store only; use no ZIP compression

- **-C** DIR FILE

  change to the specified directory and include the following file

- **-E**

  don't include the files found in a directory

- **-f** FILE

  specify archive file name

- **--help**

  print this help, then exit

- **-m** FILE

  include manifest information from specified manifest file

- **-M**

  Do not create a manifest file for the entries

- **-v**

  generate verbose output on standard output

- **-V**, **--version**

  display version information

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.

### Example 1: to archive two class files into an archive called classes.jar:

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  jar cvf classes.jar Foo.class Bar.class

Example 2: use an existing manifest file 'mymanifest' and archive all the

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  files in the foo/ directory into 'classes.jar': jar cvfm classes.jar mymanifest **-C** foo/ .

Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001  Bryan Burns Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.