RFR: 8173970: jar tool should have a way to extract to a directory [v14]

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 09:37:36 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Can I please get a review for this patch which proposes to implement the enhancement request noted in https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8173970?
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>> Edit: This PR description has now been updated to match the changes that were done over the course of review inputs that were received for this enhancement.
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>> The commit in this PR introduces the ability to use `jar` tool to extract the contents of the JAR file to a specific directory of choice. Optional `-C` and `--dir` options are added to the `-x` main operation of the jar tool. The value for these options is expected to be a file path which is expected to be a directory to which the jar will be extracted. When neither `-C` nor `--dir` are used, the extract operation of the jar tool will continue to behave like it did before this enhancement and will extract the jar into the current working directory.
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>> The commit also includes a jtreg testcase which verifies the usage of this new option.
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> Jaikiran Pai has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   update the man page of jar tool for the new option

Thank you Lance and Christian for the reviews. Joe, in the CSR, rightly noted that I had missed including the man page changes. I've now updated the PR to include the man page update for the `jar` tool and also updated the CSR.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/2752#issuecomment-2399372409