> I have a situation where I need to update the contents of
> a jar file, specifically its manifest file. Looking at the
> Jar task, there does not appear to be a way to update a
> current jar. The alternative is to unjar the file, do the
> processing, then rejar it which is a bit too much when I
> could use the following command: 'jar umf classpath *.jar'.
> Any suggestions on do this? Do I have to write a custom task
> to accomplish my goals.
Grab the latest source, and you'll find that the zip task (from which
jar inherits) has an update=true/false parameter. Simply set it to true
and all should be well.
Jon
