Name: chT40241 Date: 01/26/99


The JAR tool included with JDK1.2 creates manifest files with no entries. To replicate the problem, change directory on a DOS prompt to any directory that contains .class files. Then issue this command: jar cvf ABC.jar *.class
Extract the manifest file from ABC.jar and browse it in a text editor. The following is all you will see:

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Created-By: 1.2 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)

There should also be some information in the manifest of this sort for each class in the JAR file:

Name: ABC.class
Digest-Algorithms: SHA MD5
SHA-Digest: GhSlE6MZuf/rcyagO2Am+pHMsqU=
MD5-Digest: ZnAJYRyxOo1JQkHUB9DK/w==
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