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Archive Tasks

Task Name Description
Task Name Description
BUnzip2 Expands a file packed using GZip or BZip2.
BZip2 Packs a file using the GZip or BZip2 algorithm. This task does not do any dependency checking; the output file is always generated
Cab Creates Microsoft CAB archive files. It is invoked similar to the Jar or Zip tasks. This task will work on Windows using the external cabarc tool (provided by Microsoft), which must be located in your executable path.
Ear An extension of the Jar task with special treatment for files that should end up in an Enterprise Application archive.
GUnzip Expands a GZip file.
GZip GZips a set of files.
Jar Jars a set of files.
Jlink Deprecated. Use the zipfileset and zipgroupfileset attributes of the Jar or Zip tasks instead.
Manifest Creates a manifest file.
Rpm Invokes the rpm executable to build a Linux installation file. This task currently only works on Linux or other Unix platforms with RPM support.
SignJar Signs a jar or zip file with the javasign command-line tool.
Tar Creates a tar archive.
Unjar Unzips a jarfile.
Untar Untars a tarfile.
Unwar Unzips a warfile.
Unzip Unzips a zipfile.
War An extension of the Jar task with special treatment for files that should end up in the WEB-INF/lib, WEB-INF/classes, or WEB-INF directories of the Web Application Archive.
Zip Creates a zipfile.


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Andrew Marlow 2003-07-08