Use the EARExpander command to expand an enterprise archive
file (EAR) into a directory to run the application in that EAR file.
You can collapse a directory containing application files into a single
EAR file. You can type EARExpander with no arguments to learn more
about its options. For more information about where to run this command, see
the Using command tools article.
Syntax
The command syntax is as follows:
EarExpander -ear earName -operationDir dirName -operation
<expand | collapse> [-expansionFlags <all|war>]
Parameters
The following options are available for
the EARExpander command:
- -ear
- Specifies the name of the input EAR file for the expand operation or the
name of the output EAR file for the collapse operation.
- -operationDir
- Specifies the directory where the EAR file is expanded or specifies the
directory from where files are collapsed.
- -operation <expand | collapse>
- The expand value expands an EAR file into a directory structure
required by the WebSphere Application Server run time. The collapse value
creates an EAR file from an expanded directory structure.
- -expansionFlags <all | war>
- (Optional) The all value expands all files from all of the modules.
The war value only expands the files from Web archive file (WAR)
modules.
- -profileName
- Defines the profile of the Application Server process in a multi-profile
installation. The -profileName option is not required for running in a single
profile environment. The default for this option is the default profile.
Usage scenario
The following examples demonstrate
correct syntax:
EARExpander -ear C:\WebSphere\AppServer\installableApps\DefaultApplication.ear
-operationDir C:\MyApps -operation expand -expansionFlags war
EARExpander -ear C:\backup\DefaultApplication.ear
-operationDir C:\MyAppsDefaultApplication.ear -operation collapse