RFR: 8173970: jar tool should have a way to extract to a directory [v16]

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:05:57 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Does not seem worth a backport, just noting this for the record.
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> I vaguely remember this text which says "-C" is valid in any mode was discussed (as an existing inaccuracy) when the changes in this PR were being discussed. But I can't find that discussion anywhere right now. I do think that we need to address this text issue for older releases since this text prominently shows up both in the help output as well as the man page for example https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/specs/man/jar.html#operation-modifiers-valid-in-any-mode. I'll file an issue shortly.

I've filed https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8371796

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/2752#discussion_r2523298438