how to read jar file

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Zhang <hhzhang@yahoo.com> writes:

Ian> From the document on the Red Hat web site, the gcj program can
Ian> read a jar file.  But I tried the gcj which come from Red Hat 7
Ian> and did not make it work.  It seems to me that gcj can only read
Ian> .java or .class files. Can anyone help me with this and tell me
Ian> exact command format?

Bryce didn't mention it, but this feature was only added after the RH
7 gcj was created.  The cvs gcj can (and the upcoming gcj in gcc 3.0
will be able to) read compressed jar archives.

Tom