pack200 --version (return code: 0)
com.sun.java.util.jar.pack.Driver version 1.31, 07/05/05
pack200 --help (return code: 1)
Usage: pack200 [-opt... | --option=value]... x.pack[.gz] y.jar
Packing Options
-g, --no-gzip output a plain *.pack file with no zipping
--gzip (default) post-process the pack output with gzip
-G, --strip-debug remove debugging attributes while packing
-O, --no-keep-file-order do not transmit file ordering information
--keep-file-order (default) preserve input file ordering
-S{N}, --segment-limit={N} output segment limit (default N=1Mb)
-E{N}, --effort={N} packing effort (default N=5)
-H{h}, --deflate-hint={h} transmit deflate hint: true, false, or keep (default)
-m{V}, --modification-time={V} transmit modtimes: latest or keep (default)
-P{F}, --pass-file={F} transmit the given input element(s) uncompressed
-U{a}, --unknown-attribute={a} unknown attribute action: error, strip, or pass (default)
-C{N}={L}, --class-attribute={N}={L} (user-defined attribute)
-F{N}={L}, --field-attribute={N}={L} (user-defined attribute)
-M{N}={L}, --method-attribute={N}={L} (user-defined attribute)
-D{N}={L}, --code-attribute={N}={L} (user-defined attribute)
-f{F}, --config-file={F} read file F for Pack200.Packer properties
-v, --verbose increase program verbosity
-q, --quiet set verbosity to lowest level
-l{F}, --log-file={F} output to the given log file, or '-' for System.out
-?, -h, --help print this message
-V, --version print program version
-J{X} pass option X to underlying Java VM
Notes:
The -P, -C, -F, -M, and -D options accumulate.
Example attribute definition: -C SourceFile=RUH .
Config. file properties are defined by the Pack200 API.
For meaning of -S, -E, -H-, -m, -U values, see Pack200 API.
Layout definitions (like RUH) are defined by JSR 200.
Repacking mode updates the JAR file with a pack/unpack cycle:
pack200 [-r|--repack] [-opt | --option=value]... [repackedy.jar] y.jar