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Trail: Writing Applets
Lesson: Taking Advantage of the Applet API

## Platform-specific Details: Creating a JAR File

> You can create JAR files using the JDK `jar` tool. Some examples of creating JAR files follow.

> To create a JAR file named `file.jar` that includes compressed versions of all of the class and GIF files in the current directory:

> >     jar cvf file.zip *.class *.gif

> To create a JAR file for an applet whose classes are in a package named `com.mycompany.myproject`:

> >     jar cvf file.zip com/mycompany/myproject/*.class *.gif (Solaris)
> >     jar cvf file.zip com\mycompany\myproject\*.class *.gif (Windows 95/NT)

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