JAR TECHNICAL INFORMATION                               October 1996


    JAR archive identification scheme:

    A file is considered a JAR archive if it contains a predefined 64-byte
    structure.

    Structure description:

       at byte offset 0 for 4 bytes:

          Whole structure CRC32 XOR-ed with 0xffffffff and shifted
          cyclically 11 bits to the right (to the lowest bit). When
          counting CRC32 this field itself is assumed to be 0.

       at byte offset 14 for 6 bytes:

          signature: 0x1A 'J' 'a' 'r' 0x1B 0x00

      other structure fields not defined.

    This structure does NOT necessarily start at the head of the file.

    For normal archives this structure resides at the head of the file.
    However to support future JAR SFX-es you must search the first 128
    kilobytes of the file for this structure (optional check for executable
    'MZ' may also be done).


    The remaining part of this document contains a description of the JAR
    archive header information that is dumped to a text file using the "lt"
    command.

    The dump file should be treated as a text file. Each line has the same
    syntax:

    <Keyword>=<value>

    These lines are assembled into a tree.  Subnodes are shifted with respect
    to the parent node by using two ' ' (space) characters.  Example:

    Chapter=1
      Created=1996-09-01 17:55:05.9800000
      Modified=1996-09-01 17:55:05.9800000
      Comment="Some\r\ncomment"
      Flags=0
    File=FIRST.BAT
      Created=1996-09-01 17:20:41.4400000
      Modified=1996-09-01 16:37:00.0000000
      LastAccess=1996-09-01 00:00:00.0000000
      Size=2160
      ChaptersRange=1-2
      Attributes=1
    File=SECOND.BAT
      Created=1996-09-01 17:20:41.4400000
      Modified=1996-09-01 16:37:00.0000000
      LastAccess=1996-09-01 00:00:00.0000000
      Size=2160
      ChaptersRange=1-2
      Attributes=1

    Currently, the tree depth is two (only nodes and one-level subnodes) but
    in future JAR versions, the depth may be increased.

    You should not rely on the order in which keywords are listed.  For
    compatibility with future versions all unknown keywords must be
    skipped.  Binary keyword values (such as ANSI comments) are quoted and
    encoded using escape character '\'.

    This is a brief description of the currently used keywords:


    Archive=

          Archive keyword. Subnodes describe global archive related
          information.

      Created=1996-09-01 17:21:31.9100000

          Archive creation time YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.SSSSSSS

      Modified=1996-09-01 19:17:56.5100000

          Last time archive has been modified.

      VersionUsed=0101

          JAR version used to update archive (1.01 in this example).

      VersionToUpdate=0050

          JAR version required to update archive (0.50 in this example).

      VersionToExtract=0050

          JAR version required to extract files from archive.

      VersionToList=0050

          JAR version required to list files in archive.

      Flags=0

          Currently, JAR archive flags is the sum of the following
          constants:

            1   LOCKED
            2   AUTO_LOCK
            4   RECOVERY RECORDS
            8   SECURED
           16   HIDDEN
           32   ENCRYPTED/PROTECTED


      Comment="Some\r\ncomment"

          Optional archive comment. Escape characters:

          \\     Backslash
          \"     Double quotation mark
          \b     Backspace
          \n     Newline
          \r     Carriage return
          \t     Tab
          \ddd   ASCII character in octal notation. 3 digits always used.

      MaxChapter=3

          Maximum chapter in archive.


    Chapter=1

          Chapter (#1 in this example). Subnodes supply information about
          chapter.

      Created=1996-09-01 17:21:31.9100000

          Creation time

      Modified=1996-09-01 17:21:31.9100000

          Modification time

      Flags=0

          Chapter flags is sum of following constants:

            1   LOCKED

      Comment="Some\r\ncomment"

          Optional chapter comment. Same format as in case of archive.


    File=TESTJAR.BAT

          Filename. Subnodes contain information about file.

      Created=1996-09-01 17:20:41.4400000

          File creation time

      Modified=1996-09-01 16:37:00.0000000

          File modification time

      LastAccess=1996-09-01 00:00:00.0000000

          File last accessed time

      Size=2160

          File size in bytes

      ChaptersRange=1-2

          Chapter range to which file belongs

      Attributes=1

          Sum of:

            1   ARCHIVE
            2   HIDDEN
            4   SYSTEM
            8   READONLY
            16  DIRECTORY

      Comment="Some\r\ncomment"

          Optional file comment.


    Actually, the JAR header contains more information than is currently
    listed using the "lt" command.  In the future we will add additional
    keywords.


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