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The Anatomy of a macOS App

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278 points elashri | 2 comments | 07 Dec 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.485s | source
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pjmlp ◴[07 Dec 25 16:11 UTC] No.46182736[source]▶
As side note, NeXTSTEP bundle system was the inspiration for Java's JAR files.
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dana321 ◴[07 Dec 25 16:49 UTC] No.46183045[source]▶
jars are just zip files renamed
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1. kbolino ◴[07 Dec 25 17:17 UTC] No.46183287[source]▶
JAR has additional structure to it, though it's mostly optional stuff, like metadata and code signing:

https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/specs/jar/jar...

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2. LoganDark ◴[07 Dec 25 20:11 UTC] No.46184698[source]▶
Don't forget to delete META-INF!