Why bother to go through all that when you can just unzip the file in your copy case?
____________________________________________________________________________________________ Jeffrey E. (Jeff) Care [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM WebSphere Application Server Systems Management Tools Architecture & Development Michael Zhou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/08/2007 04:38:31 AM: > I used to build a jar file (or any zip-format file: war, ear, etc.), > which contents are extracted from other zip files. For instance, > zip file src.zip contains: > > +---main > | \---org > | \---apache > | Test.java > | > \---test > > I just want the subtree under "main" (not include main directory) to be > packed into my jar file: > > +---org > \---apache > Test.java > > So I wrote a build.xml to do this: > > <project default="src-jar"> > <target name="src-jar"> > <jar destfile="my-src.jar"> > <zipfileset src="src.zip" includes="main/"/> > </jar> > </target> > </project> > > But the result is not as expected: > > +---main // I don't want this directory here > \---org > \---apache > Test.java > > In order to take off the "main" directory, I modified some Ant classes. > Attachment is the patch file from Ant 1.7.0 source. > > Usage: > > <project default="src-jar"> > <target name="src-jar"> > <jar destfile="my-src.jar"> > <!-- basedir instead of includes --> > <zipfileset src="src.zip" basedir="main/"/> > </jar> > </target> > </project> > > This is not the best solution I think. Because it doesn't support tasks > other than "zip", "jar", "war". For example, the following build script > won't work: > > <project default="copy-src"> > <target name="copy-src"> > <copy destfile="srcdir"> > <zipfileset src="src.zip" basedir="main/"/> > </copy> > </target> > </project> > > I suggest to improve class org.apache.tools.zip.ZipFile to support new zip > file format like "src.zip!/main". By this way, any tasks use zipfileset > do not need to be changed. > > For example, > > <project default="copy-src"> > <target name="copy-src"> > <copy destfile="srcdir"> > <zipfileset src="src.zip!/main" includes="**/*.java"/> > </copy> > </target> > </project> > > Michael Zhou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
