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Re: two JARs

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2013-02-23 19:46, Martin Gregorie skrev:
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:25:37 -0800, Lew wrote:
> 
>> Roedy Green wrote:
>>> bob smith wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>>>> Can someone help me understand exactly what a seasoned Java programmer
>>>>  would expect to be in each of these JARs?  I'm a little confused.  I
>>>> don't know which one to use.
>>
>> Use them both - the "sources" JAR for the source code and the other one
>> for the actual classes.
>>
>> In general, a "seasoned Java programmer" would expect "foo-dah-lily.jar"
>> to be suitable for insertion into the classpath, and
>> "foo-dah-lily-source.jar" (or "...sources.jar") to contain the source
>> files. Hence the word "source[s]" in the JAR name. Logical, huh?
>>
>>> look inside them with WinZip.  Presumably sources contains .java files
>>> and the other .class files.
>>
>> WinZip?
>>
>> What if he's not using Windows?
>>
> In Linux (and most unices, so also BSD - but I don't know what OS X does) 
> you can use the 'unzip' command line utility as well as 'jar' to test the 
> jar file, list its contents or extract files from it. 
> 
> Alternatively, in most Linuxes, clicking on the .jar file in the File 
> Manager window will start an Archive Manager so you can review, extract  
> and/or view the contents of files in the archive. In Fedora that is 
> Xarchiver and the file associations default to using it open jar files.
>  

Emacs is also capable of handling file archives, and is freely available
for Linux, Unix, Windows, etc.

-- 
Lars Enderin

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two JARs bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2013-02-21 14:30 -0800
  Re: two JARs Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2013-02-21 14:44 -0800
    Re: two JARs Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2013-02-21 14:58 -0800
      Re: two JARs Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-02-21 19:12 -0400
        Re: two JARs markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-21 15:34 -0800
          Re: two JARs Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-02-21 19:45 -0400
            Re: two JARs markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-02-21 16:29 -0800
  Re: two JARs Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-02-21 15:25 -0800
    Re: two JARs Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-02-21 18:25 -0800
      Re: two JARs Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-02-21 23:59 -0800
        Re: two JARs Magnus Warker <warker@mailinator.com> - 2013-02-22 11:38 +0100
        Re: two JARs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-22 10:26 -0500
      Re: two JARs lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-02-22 09:24 +0000
        Re: two JARs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-22 10:56 -0500
          Re: two JARs lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-02-22 16:24 +0000
            Re: two JARs Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2013-02-22 18:54 +0100
              Re: two JARs lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-02-22 18:38 +0000
            Re: two JARs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-22 14:15 -0500
        Re: two JARs Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-02-22 11:15 -0800
          Re: two JARs lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-02-22 19:47 +0000
            Re: two JARs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-22 15:05 -0500
              Re: two JARs lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-02-23 08:44 +0000
                Re: two JARs Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-02-23 11:36 -0800
                Re: two JARs lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-02-23 20:03 +0000
                Re: two JARs Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-02-23 12:32 -0800
      Re: two JARs Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-02-23 18:46 +0000
        Re: two JARs Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2013-02-23 23:30 +0100
          Re: two JARs Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-02-24 13:38 -0500
  Re: two JARs lipska the kat <"nospam at neversurrender dot co dot uk"> - 2013-02-22 09:05 +0000

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