When the first form is used, the tool signs the designated \s-1JAR\s0 file. The second form, on the other hand, is used to verify a previously signed \s-1JAR\s0 file.
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\&\fI\s-1FILE\s0\fR is the .JAR file to process; i.e., to sign if the first syntax form is used, or to verify if the second syntax form is used instead.
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\&\fI\s-1ALIAS\s0\fR must be a known \fIAlias\fR of a \fIKey Entry\fR in the designated \fIKey Store\fR. The private key material associated with this \fIAlias\fR is then used for signing the designated .JAR file.
.SH"OPTIONS"
.IXHeader"OPTIONS"
\fICommon options\fR
.IXSubsection"Common options"
.PP
The following options may be used when the tool is used for either signing, or verifying, a .JAR file.
.IP"\fB\-verbose\fR"4
.IXItem"-verbose"
Use this option to force the tool to generate more verbose messages, during its processing.
.IP"\fB\-internalsf\fR"4
.IXItem"-internalsf"
When present, the tool will include \-\-which otherwise it does not\*(-- the \f(CW\*(C`.SF\*(C'\fR file in the \f(CW\*(C`.DSA\*(C'\fR generated file.
.IP"\fB\-sectionsonly\fR"4
.IXItem"-sectionsonly"
When present, the tool will include in the \f(CW\*(C`.SF\*(C'\fR generated file \-\-which otherwise it does not\*(-- a header containing a hash of the whole manifest file. When that header is included, the tool can quickly check, during verification, if the hash (in the header) matches or not the manifest file.
.IP"\fB\-provider \s-1PROVIDER_CLASS_NAME\s0\fR"4
.IXItem"-provider PROVIDER_CLASS_NAME"
A fully qualified class name of a \fISecurity Provider\fR to add to the current list of \fISecurity Providers\fR already installed in the \s-1JVM\s0 in-use. If a provider class is specified with this option, and was successfully added to the runtime \-\-i.e. it was not already installed\*(-- then the tool will attempt to remove this \fISecurity Provider\fR before exiting.
.IP"\fB\-help\fR"4
.IXItem"-help"
Prints a help text similar to this one.
.PP
\fISigning options\fR
.IXSubsection"Signing options"
.PP
The following options may be specified when using the tool for signing purposes.
.IP"\fB\-keystore\fR \fI\s-1URL\s0\fR"4
.IXItem"-keystore URL"
Use this option to specify the location of the key store to use. The default value is a file \s-1URL\s0 referencing the file named \fI.keystore\fR located in the path returned by the call to \f(CW\*(C`java.lang.System#getProperty(String)\*(C'\fR using \f(CW\*(C`user.home\*(C'\fR as argument.
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If a \s-1URL\s0 was specified, but was found to be malformed \-\-e.g. missing protocol element\*(-- the tool will attempt to use the \s-1URL\s0 value as a file-name (with absolute or relative path-name) of a key store \-\-as if the protocol was \f(CW\*(C`file:\*(C'\fR.
.IP"\fB\-storetype\fR \fI\s-1STORE_TYPE\s0\fR"4
.IXItem"-storetype STORE_TYPE"
Use this option to specify the type of the key store to use. The default value, if this option is omitted, is that of the property \f(CW\*(C`keystore.type\*(C'\fR in the security properties file, which is obtained by invoking the static method call \f(CW\*(C`getDefaultType()\*(C'\fR in \f(CW\*(C`java.security.KeyStore\*(C'\fR.
.IP"\fB\-storepass\fR \fI\s-1PASSWORD\s0\fR"4
.IXItem"-storepass PASSWORD"
Use this option to specify the password which will be used to unlock the key store. If this option is missing, the User will be prompted to provide a password.
.IP"\fB\-keypass\fR \fI\s-1PASSWORD\s0\fR"4
.IXItem"-keypass PASSWORD"
Use this option to specify the password which the tool will use to unlock the \fIKey Entry\fR associated with the designated \fIAlias\fR.
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If this option is omitted, the tool will first attempt to unlock the \fIKey Entry\fR using the same password protecting the key store. If this fails, you will then be prompted to provide a password.
Use this option to designate a literal that will be used to construct file names for both the \f(CW\*(C`.SF\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`.DSA\*(C'\fR signature files. These files will be generated, by the tool, and placed in the \fIMETA-INF\fR directory of the signed \s-1JAR. \s0 Permissible characters for \fI\s-1NAME\s0\fR must be in the range \*(L"a\-zA\-Z0\-9_\-\*(R". All characters will be converted to upper-case ones.
If this option is missing, the first eight characters of the \fI\s-1ALIAS\s0\fR argument will be used. When this is the case, any character in \fI\s-1ALIAS\s0\fR that is outside the permissible range of characters will be replaced by an underscore.
Use this option to specify the file name of the signed \s-1JAR.\s0 If this option is omitted, then the signed \s-1JAR\s0 will be named the same as \fI\s-1FILE\s0\fR; i.e., the input \s-1JAR\s0 file will be replaced with the signed copy.
The following options may be specified when using the tool for verification purposes.
.IP"\fB\-verify\fR"4
.IXItem"-verify"
Use this option to indicate that the tool is to be used for verification purposes.
.IP"\fB\-certs\fR"4
.IXItem"-certs"
This option is used in conjunction with the \fB\-verbose\fR option. When present, along with the \fB\-verbose\fR option, the tool will print more detailed information about the certificates of the signer(s) being processed.
