Extracting jar to specified directory
I wanted to extract one of my jars to specified directory using jar command line utility. If I understand this right -C option should to the trick but when I try jar xvf myJar.jar -C ./directoryToExtractTo I am getting usage information from my jar utility, so I am doing something wrong. Is the thing I want achievable with jar or do I need to manually move my jar and there invoke jar xvf myJar.jar It's better to do this. Navigate to the folder structure you require Use the command jar -xvf 'Path_to_ur_Jar_file' Amit Maniar jars use zip compression so you can use any unzip utility. Example: $