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10.4: Use Automator to extract JAR files in the Finder
Authored by: vocaro on Sep 21, '05 04:13:59PM

You do know that a simple rename works too, right? Rename whatever.jar to whatever.zip and just double-click. Voila, Bob's your uncle.

I forgot about that, but I still prefer the Finder plug-in. Renaming the JAR can cause serious problems by preventing Java from finding that JAR. If you want to run the program, you'll have to rename it back to a JAR once again -- yet another step.

In any case, calling it "overkill" is a matter of preference. Selecting a menu item is more convenient for me than renaming the file, since you never have to type a key in order to examine the JAR's structure or open its files.



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