jar cfm test.jar stc.manifest .

\ymsg

Java Archive (JAR) files allow developers to package many classes into a single
file. JAR files also use compression, so this can make applets and applications
smaller.
Creating a .JAR file is easy. Simple go to the directory your classes are stored
in and type :jar -cf myfile.jar *.class
If your application or applet uses packages, then you'll need to do things a lit
tle differently. Suppose your classes were in the package mycode.games.CoolGame
- you'd change to the directory above mycode and type the following :- (Remember
to use / on UNIX systems)
jar -cf myfile.jar .\mycode\games\CoolGame\*.class
Now, if you have an existing JAR file, and want to extract it, you'd type the fo
llowing
jar -xf myfile.jar
Working with JAR files isn't that difficult, especially if you've used the unix
'tar' command before. If you're planning on packaging an applet for Internet Ex
plorer, or an application for Microsoft's jview, you might also want to consider
.CAB files.