Replace jar file inside a ear using Emacs archive-mode

Question

Hi, I just learned emacs archive-mode can let me edit files such as web.xml in a ear easily but I wonder if I have an updated jar file, can I use emacs to replace the old jar in that ear using command-line based emacs? (I have to ssh into servers using putty). Thanks a lot, Dean

Answer 1

The only way I could see of doing this is to issue the command to rebuild the ear via M-x !

M-x runs the command execute-extended-command, which is an interactive built-in function in `C source code'.