In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Travis Crump wrote: > > > On windows 2000, I just use the *nix shell emulator cyngus which comes > > with a jar utility which both jars and unjars(works just like tar). > > Also, you don't need to rejar them if you are just using them yourself. > > All of my chrome directory is used by mozilla in an unjarred state and > > there don't appear to be any negative side effects, but patchmaker > > unjars it for me so I don't know what changes need to be made to the > > chromelist.. > > Thanks for your response. I have read up on the pros and cons of re-JARring > unJARred files. The > issue apparently is that running the raw unJARred files results in a > performance penalty of the > Netscape app, and that's why I'd like to re-JAR them. Also, it's much easier > to manage since all > the files are lumped into a single file. No, that's an incorrect opinion by some very misled engineers who, for some reason, believe that all files are faster when they're stored as JAR files. They obviously got their education from the bottom of some hobo's shoe. > I'm using Win-98SE, so I can't use the advise you have provided. It's > frustrating that Win-Zip > 8.0 unpacks JAR files, but cannot repack them. Any other ideas or any > utilities that can re-JAR > files? > > > Ken >
