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using jar.exe for fun and profit (was: Re: Source for Kawa 1.9.1)
On Monday 29 January 2007 01:41, Per Bothner wrote:
> Oliver Flasch wrote:
> > > So depending on the answer to this question I need to do one of:
> > > (1) Remove the reference to kawa-1.9.1-src.zip on the web page,
> > > perhaps adding a link to a file extraction program, or
> > > (2) create and upload kawa-1.9.1-src.zip.
> >
> > I never used it myself, but 7-Zip, a free Windows based extraction
> > program, seems to support the tar.gz format (see
> > http://www.7-zip.org/).
>
> Thanks. I removed the reference to kawa-VERSION-src.zip, and
> added a suggestion for Windows users to use 7-zip.
FWIW, if you have Java installed, you can unpack ZIP archives on
Windows like so:
jar xf kawa-1.9.1-src.zip
because JAR files are just fancied up ZIP files.
Come to think of it, this line of reasoning suggests that the
friendliest way to distribute Kawa is to provide kawa-1.9.1-src.jar.