Thread: Jar facility appears broken

java -version
java version "1.7.0_60"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_60-b19)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.60-b09, mixed mode

This is all being done on an iMac (Maverick opsys) from the tcsh shell.

I built a jarfile (jarbuild is my python script but the executed jar command is printed) while positioned in the Brenda directory:

jarbuild Brenda
Executing: jar cv0mf Manifest.txt Brenda.jar *.class
added manifest
adding: Brenda.class(in = 2063) (out= 2063)(stored 0%)
adding: BrendaController$1.class(in = 1170) (out= 1170)(stored 0%)
adding: BrendaController.class(in = 2382) (out= 2382)(stored 0%)
adding: BrendaITC.class(in = 507) (out= 507)(stored 0%)
adding: BrendaModel$1.class(in = 700) (out= 700)(stored 0%)
adding: BrendaModel.class(in = 3251) (out= 3251)(stored 0%)
adding: BrendaView$1.class(in = 851) (out= 851)(stored 0%)
adding: BrendaView.class(in = 3418) (out= 3418)(stored 0%)
adding: Message.class(in = 908) (out= 908)(stored 0%)
adding: Trace.class(in = 898) (out= 898)(stored 0%)
adding: U$1.class(in = 612) (out= 612)(stored 0%)
adding: U.class(in = 2203) (out= 2203)(stored 0%)
adding: messageID.class(in = 1787) (out= 1787)(stored 0%)
adding: messageSrc.class(in = 903) (out= 903)(stored 0%)
adding: state.class(in = 801) (out= 801)(stored 0%)

My Manifest file has one line which ends with a newline character: Main-Class: Brenda

When I try and execute:

java -jar Brenda.jar
Error: Could not find or load main class Brenda

Also, when I try and execute jar -t Brenda.jar to see the contents of my jarfile, the command simply hangs.

Thanx for any suggies - Charlie

As shown above the manifest file contains the single line: Main-Class: Brenda
And Brenda.class is in the jarfile which I confirmed using the Unarchiver.

Charlie

Sorry, yes - the package name is also Brenda.

Charlie

Same result:
java -cp Brenda.jar Brenda.Brenda
Error: Could not find or load main class Brenda.Brenda

BTW: what's the p option? It doesn't show up in jar -help.

Thanx - Charlie

Yes, all the source files, classfiles, and the manifest are in the Brenda directory.

Charlie

It is. That's where the jar command placed it. The manifest I passed to the jar command is in my Brenda directory with everything else. The jar command modifies the manifest file and saves the result as MANIFEST.MF in the META-INF directory it creates within the jar file. This appears correct as far as I know.

Charlie