---
name: "jarwrapper"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "jarwrapper"
version: "0.80"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jarwrapper"
---

# jarwrapper(1)

wrapper script to run jar files via binfmt.

## NAME

jarwrapper - wrapper script to run jar files via binfmt.

## SYNOPSIS

jarwrapper \<**Jar-file**\> \[*arguments*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Wrapper script that handles running executable jar-files via binfmt. Normally you would not run this directly.

Executes the java program in **Jar-file** (determined by the Main-Class attribute in the MANIFEST) and passes *arguments* to the java program.

jarwrapper looks for a number of other attributes in the MANIFEST, please refer to javahelper's tutorials for more information.

## SEE ALSO

[**jardetector**(1)](/jardetector/1.md)

The javahelper tutorials in /usr/share/doc/javahelper. These tutorials are available in the *javahelper* package.