Java creating .jar file

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In order to create a .jar file, you need to use jar instead of java:

jar cf myJar.jar myClass.class

Additionally, if you want to make it executable, you need to indicate an entry point (i.e., a class with public static void main(String[] args)) for your application. This is usually accomplished by creating a manifest file that contains the Main-Class header (e.g., Main-Class: myClass).

However, as Mark Peters pointed out, with JDK 6, you can use the e option to define the entry point:

jar cfe myJar.jar myClass myClass.class

Finally, you can execute it:

java -jar myJar.jar

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