Re: Run jar utility to unpack a file in a directory w/spaces?

From:
Lew <lew@nospam.lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Fri, 18 May 2007 17:24:37 -0400
Message-ID:
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VogonP@gmail.com wrote:

According to the jar syntax, I specify the archive from which the
files are to be extracted:

  jar xvf <file>

So -- what if the destination is c:\destination, but the source jar
file is in c:\Documents and Settings\mydir?

  cd /d c:\destination
  jar xvf c:\Documents and Settings\mydir\myjar.jar

yields

java.io.FileNotFoundException: c:\Documents (The system cannot find
the file specified)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:103)
        at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:66)
        at sun.tools.jar.Main.run(Main.java:185)
        at sun.tools.jar.Main.main(Main.java:904)

  jar xvf "c:\Documents and Settings\mydir\myjar.jar"

yields

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

I *can't* use unzip, which has the -d switch. Is there an equivalent
for jar? The docs seem to say no.


This is a Windows question, not a Java question.

To get Windows to recognize a pathname with embedded spaces, enclose the
pathname in double quotes:

jar xvf "c:\Documents and Settings\mydir\myjar.jar"

or even

jar xvf c:\"Documents and Settings"\mydir\myjar.jar

Ditto for any Windows command:

cd "c:\Documents and Settings\mydir"

--
Lew

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