What is the shell command used when running "Export" for JAR in Eclipse?

Question

I'd like to export my eclipse project as a JAR from the command line, but have only done this through the Eclipse UI with File -> Export -> Java -> JAR.

Answer 1

The Java JDK provides the jar command: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/unix/jar.html

For more elaborate uses, you may be well advised to consider something like Apache Ant or Maven:

• https://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/jar.html
• https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-jar-plugin/ - or, for what it sounds like you're probably really looking for here - https://maven.apache.org/shared/maven-archiver/, which can create packages including dependencies.