[Bug 309778] Re: KDE always associates *.jar with the zip mime type

[James Stansell]

OK, the spec
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jar/jar.html says "A
JAR file is essentially a zip file that contains an optional META-INF
directory."  So the META-INF directory may not always exist.

Also, I couldn't find any mention in the spec (or other docs from sun)
of file magic for jar files.

I believe the 0xcafe magic match is really for java class files.  Most
interesting jar files (especially executable jars) will have at least
one class file, but once again I don't think any particular location in
the file can be assumed.

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KDE always associates *.jar with the zip mime type
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