On Fri, 5 Dec 2008, Mark Post wrote: > >>> On 12/5/2008 at 2:56 PM, "Romanowski, John (OFT)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyone know where to get a un-jar utility for java archives? > > Does one come with the java SDK? > > Plain old unzip will work just fine. I have no idea why the Java > designers thought they needed to create a new name-ending for an old > storage type. > > > Mark Post >
I think (don't know) that they did this to indicate that it was a file which had a specific internal format. I.e. it has a particular layout and meta information. I think that is why there are .war and .ear (and maybe other) suffixes as well. The .war indicates a "web archive" and an .ear is an "EJB archive". Again, so that a person could tell from the name what function and internal architecture it is supposed to have. -- Q: What do theoretical physicists drink beer from? A: Ein Stein. Maranatha! John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
