URLInputStream(jar:file:/Z:/some/where.jar!/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF) ???

Hello, even if i wasn't expecting the constructor File(URI), it is existant. But then again new File(new URI(jar:file:/Z:/some/where.jar!/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF)) says: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URI is not hierarchical I am a bit irritated about that. It looks like it looks behind

AW: [VFS] URLInputStream(jar:file:/Z:/some/where.jar!/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF) ???

Ups - nearly overseen this answer in the flood of postings :-) As a VFS start you can do: FileObject fo = VFS.getManager().resolveFile(jar:file://Z:/some/where.jar!/META-INF/MAN IFEST.MF); This will do what you want. Sounds good. However, as I have overseen this reply in the first hand, I