What is a WAR file and how do I create one?

Created May 4, 2012

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Alex Chaffee

A WAR (or "web archive") file is simply a packaged webapp directory. It is created using the standard Java jar tool. For example:

cd /home/alex/webapps/mywebapp 
jar cf ../mywebapp.war *

See also What is a web application (or "webapp")?

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