extcheck(1) Basic Tools extcheck(1)NAMEextcheck - Detects version conflicts between a target Java Archive
(JAR) file and currently installed extension JAR files.
SYNOPSISextcheck [options] targetfile.jar
options
The command-line options. See Options.
targetfile.jar
The target JAR file against which the currently installed
extension JAR files are compared to detect version conflicts.
DESCRIPTION
The extcheck command checks a specified JAR file for title and version
conflicts with any extensions installed in the Java SE SDK. Before
installing an extension, you can use this utility to see whether the
same or a more recent version of the extension is already installed.
The extcheck command compares the Specification-title and
Specification-version headers in the manifest of the targetfile.jar
file against the corresponding headers in all JAR files currently
installed in the extension directory. By default, the extension
directory is jre/lib/ext on Oracle Solaris and \jre\lib\ext on Windows.
The extcheck command compares version numbers in the same way as the
java.lang.Package.isCompatibleWith method.
If no conflict is detected, then the return code is 0.
If the manifest of any JAR file in the extensions directory has the
same Specification-title and the same or a newer Specification-version
number, then a non-zero error code is returned. A non-zero error code
is also returned when targetfile.jar does not have the Specification-
title or Specification-version attributes in its manifest file.
OPTIONS-verbose
Lists JAR files in the extension directory as they are checked.
Additionally, manifest attributes of the target JAR file and any
conflicting JAR files are also reported.
-Joption
Passes option to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), where option is
one of the options described on the reference page for the Java
launcher. For example, -J-Xms48m sets the startup memory to 48
MB. See java(1).
SEE ALSO
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