On Mar 11, 2021, at 9:29 AM, Alan Bateman <alan.bate...@oracle.com<mailto:alan.bate...@oracle.com>> wrote:
On 04/03/2021 12:01, Lance Andersen wrote: Hi Jaikiran From https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/15/docs/specs/man/jar.html The jar man page includes the following : The syntax for the jar command resembles the syntax for the tar command. Because of the above, I feel that we should support: ——— -C —dir —directory ———— The addition of ‘-dir’ adds support for an option used by some of the other java command line tools. Is --directory needed with this proposal? I agree with the suggest to create the directory so that it's consistent with other tools. The only reason I included it is for completeness with tar which the jar options were originally derived from. Could go either way though Best Lance -Alan. [cid:E1C4E2F0-ECD0-4C9D-ADB4-B16CA7BCB7FC@home] Lance Andersen| Principal Member of Technical Staff | +1.781.442.2037 Oracle Java Engineering 1 Network Drive Burlington, MA 01803 lance.ander...@oracle.com<mailto:lance.ander...@oracle.com>
