Unable to create Executable JAR file

Question

Hi,
I tried to create Executable JAR file for
//JarTest.java
class JarTest
     public static void main( String args[] )
          System.out.println("i am EXECUTABLE JAR ");
mf is like
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Main-Class: JarTest
used jar cmf JarTest.mf exe.jar *.classIt created a jar file but i can't Execute the file
Help me
Thanks
AE

Answer 1

java is choosy about the actual manifest file format (line ending, trailing empty line, whatever).
This works for me with your example:
posman@proli:~/ivan/aa> cat mf
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Main-Class: JarTest
posman@proli:~/ivan/aa> od -cx mf
0000000   M   a   n   i   f   e   s   t   -   V   e   r   s   i   o   n
        614d 696e 6566 7473 562d 7265 6973 6e6f
0000020   :       1   .   0  \n   M   a   i   n   -   C   l   a   s   s
        203a 2e31 0a30 614d 6e69 432d 616c 7373
0000040   :       J   a   r   T   e   s   t  \n  \n  \0
        203a 614a 5472 7365 0a74 000a