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- JAR TECHNICAL INFORMATION October 1996
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- JAR archive identification scheme:
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- A file is considered a JAR archive if it contains a predefined 64-byte
- structure.
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- Structure description:
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- at byte offset 0 for 4 bytes:
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- Whole structure CRC32 XOR-ed with 0xffffffff and shifted
- cyclically 11 bits to the right (to the lowest bit). When
- counting CRC32 this field itself is assumed to be 0.
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- at byte offset 14 for 6 bytes:
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- signature: 0x1A 'J' 'a' 'r' 0x1B 0x00
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- other structure fields not defined.
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- This structure does NOT necessarily start at the head of the file.
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- For normal archives this structure resides at the head of the file.
- However to support future JAR SFX-es you must search the first 128
- kilobytes of the file for this structure (optional check for executable
- 'MZ' may also be done).
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-
- The remaining part of this document contains a description of the JAR
- archive header information that is dumped to a text file using the "lt"
- command.
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- The dump file should be treated as a text file. Each line has the same
- syntax:
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- <Keyword>=<value>
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- These lines are assembled into a tree. Subnodes are shifted with respect
- to the parent node by using two ' ' (space) characters. Example:
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- Chapter=1
- Created=1996-09-01 17:55:05.9800000
- Modified=1996-09-01 17:55:05.9800000
- Comment="Some\r\ncomment"
- Flags=0
- File=FIRST.BAT
- Created=1996-09-01 17:20:41.4400000
- Modified=1996-09-01 16:37:00.0000000
- LastAccess=1996-09-01 00:00:00.0000000
- Size=2160
- ChaptersRange=1-2
- Attributes=1
- File=SECOND.BAT
- Created=1996-09-01 17:20:41.4400000
- Modified=1996-09-01 16:37:00.0000000
- LastAccess=1996-09-01 00:00:00.0000000
- Size=2160
- ChaptersRange=1-2
- Attributes=1
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- Currently, the tree depth is two (only nodes and one-level subnodes) but
- in future JAR versions, the depth may be increased.
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- You should not rely on the order in which keywords are listed. For
- compatibility with future versions all unknown keywords must be
- skipped. Binary keyword values (such as ANSI comments) are quoted and
- encoded using escape character '\'.
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- This is a brief description of the currently used keywords:
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- Archive=
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- Archive keyword. Subnodes describe global archive related
- information.
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- Created=1996-09-01 17:21:31.9100000
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- Archive creation time YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.SSSSSSS
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- Modified=1996-09-01 19:17:56.5100000
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- Last time archive has been modified.
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- VersionUsed=0101
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- JAR version used to update archive (1.01 in this example).
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- VersionToUpdate=0050
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- JAR version required to update archive (0.50 in this example).
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- VersionToExtract=0050
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- JAR version required to extract files from archive.
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- VersionToList=0050
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- JAR version required to list files in archive.
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- Flags=0
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- Currently, JAR archive flags is the sum of the following
- constants:
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- 1 LOCKED
- 2 AUTO_LOCK
- 4 RECOVERY RECORDS
- 8 SECURED
- 16 HIDDEN
- 32 ENCRYPTED/PROTECTED
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- Comment="Some\r\ncomment"
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- Optional archive comment. Escape characters:
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- \\ Backslash
- \" Double quotation mark
- \b Backspace
- \n Newline
- \r Carriage return
- \t Tab
- \ddd ASCII character in octal notation. 3 digits always used.
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- MaxChapter=3
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- Maximum chapter in archive.
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- Chapter=1
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- Chapter (#1 in this example). Subnodes supply information about
- chapter.
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- Created=1996-09-01 17:21:31.9100000
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- Creation time
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- Modified=1996-09-01 17:21:31.9100000
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- Modification time
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- Flags=0
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- Chapter flags is sum of following constants:
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- 1 LOCKED
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- Comment="Some\r\ncomment"
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- Optional chapter comment. Same format as in case of archive.
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- File=TESTJAR.BAT
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- Filename. Subnodes contain information about file.
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- Created=1996-09-01 17:20:41.4400000
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- File creation time
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- Modified=1996-09-01 16:37:00.0000000
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- File modification time
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- LastAccess=1996-09-01 00:00:00.0000000
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- File last accessed time
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- Size=2160
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- File size in bytes
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- ChaptersRange=1-2
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- Chapter range to which file belongs
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- Attributes=1
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- Sum of:
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- 1 ARCHIVE
- 2 HIDDEN
- 4 SYSTEM
- 8 READONLY
- 16 DIRECTORY
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- Comment="Some\r\ncomment"
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- Optional file comment.
-
-
- Actually, the JAR header contains more information than is currently
- listed using the "lt" command. In the future we will add additional
- keywords.
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- end of document