Edit jar files with python

Question

Do you know the python module with which I can add files to the JAR archive?

(what I do not want to do is add .class files to the jar archive)

and the program that needs to do this must be written in python

Thanks!

Answer 1

.jar files are simply .zip files with a different file extension and manifest.

Try http://docs.python.org/library/zipfile.html

Answer 2

This can be done using subprocess calling the jar command:

import subprocess def add_to_jar(file2add, jar_file): cmd = 'jar -uf ' + jar_file + " " + file2add proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True) add_to_jar(file_to_add, jar_file)