Create ZIP and JAR files in Java

import java.util.zip.*; import java.io.*; public class ZipIt { public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException { if (args.length < 2) { System.err.println("usage: java ZipIt Zip.zip file1 file2 file3"); System.exit(-1); } File zipFile = new File(args[0]); if (zipFile.exists()) { System.err.println("Zip file already exists, please try another"); System.exit(-2); } FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(zipFile); ZipOutputStream zos = new ZipOutputStream(fos); int bytesRead; byte[] buffer = new byte[1024]; CRC32 crc = new CRC32(); for (int i=1, n=args.length; i < n; i++) { String name = args[i]; File file = new File(name); if (!file.exists()) { System.err.println("Skipping: " + name); continue; } BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file)); crc.reset(); while ((bytesRead = bis.read(buffer)) != -1) { crc.update(buffer, 0, bytesRead); } bis.close(); // Reset to beginning of input stream bis = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file)); ZipEntry entry = new ZipEntry(name); entry.setMethod(ZipEntry.STORED); entry.setCompressedSize(file.length()); entry.setSize(file.length()); entry.setCrc(crc.getValue()); zos.putNextEntry(entry); while ((bytesRead = bis.read(buffer)) != -1) { zos.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead); } bis.close(); } zos.close(); } }