Jar Extraction Problem

["Jason R. Kretzer" <jason@OpinionOne.com>]

Hello all,

I am having a strange problem and I cannot find cause for it.  I use the 
method below to extract files from a jar.  One of the files in the jar 
has a '#' character in the file name.  When I use the method below to 
extract the files, all files come out ok except the one with the '#' 
character in its name.  Changing the file name in any way is not an 
option.  Is there any other way around this issue?

thanks,

-Jason

public boolean extractStudy(File[] fileList, String extDir)
    {
        try
        {
            JarFile aJar = new JarFile((getJarName().getPath()));
            Enumeration enum = aJar.entries();
            Enumeration echeck = aJar.entries();
            echeck.nextElement();
            enum.nextElement();
            File dir = null;
            JarEntry je = null;
            InputStream is = null;
            BufferedInputStream bi = null;
            FileOutputStream fos = null;
            BufferedOutputStream bo = null;
            Vector elist = new Vector(1);
            boolean inthere = false;

            while(echeck.hasMoreElements())
            {
                elist.add(echeck.nextElement());
            }

            //go through each file, if necessary create any directories 
needed and write the files
            for(int i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++)
            {
                inthere = false;
                String str = fileList[i].toString().trim();

                for(int ec = 0; ec < elist.size(); ec++)
                {
                    File f1 = new File(str);
                    File f2 = new File(getExtractionPath() + "\\" + 
elist.get(ec).toString());
                    if(f1.equals(f2))
                    {
                        inthere = true;
                    }
                }

                if(!inthere)
                {
                    dir = fileList[i].getParentFile();
                    dir.mkdirs();
                    fileList[i].mkdirs();
                    continue;
                }

                je = ((JarEntry) enum.nextElement());
                System.out.println(je.toString());
                is = 
getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(je.toString());
                bi = new BufferedInputStream(is, 16384);

                fos = new FileOutputStream(fileList[i]);
                bo = new BufferedOutputStream(fos, 16384);
                try
                {
                    while(true)
                    {
                        byte[] byteArray = new byte[16384];
                        int intRead = bi.read(byteArray, 0, 
byteArray.length);
                        bo.write(byteArray, 0, intRead);
                        bo.flush();
                    }
                }
                catch(Exception k)
                {
                    //there will be exceptions so do nothing
                }
                if(verbose == 0)
                {
                    System.out.println("Extracting file " + fileList[i]);
                    prg.update("Extracting:  " + fileList[i]);
                }
                bi.close();
                bo.close();

            }
        }
        catch(ZipException zexc)
        {
            zexc.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
        catch(FileNotFoundException fnfe)
        {
            fnfe.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
        catch(IOException ioe)
        {
            ioe.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }