Placing a xml file in META-INF using <metainf>

[Bala Gangadhar]

Hi,
I am creating a jar file using ant jar task
I want place something.xml file in META-INF of the jar.

 <jar destfile="WebContent/myconfig.jar">
			 <fileset dir="app/configuration" includes="**/app.properties"/>
                         <metainf>
			 <fileset dir="app/configuration/xmlsfiles" includes="**/something.xml"/>
</metainf>
		 </jar>
 

But its giving error saying: Problem opening app/configuration/xmlsfiles/something.xml.
The specified xml file is existing at the specified location. Still its throwing the error.
What can be the problem...

Regards,
Bala.

[David Newton]

If you know the path then just add the single file specifically.

I would urge *much* caution if you're placing configuration information in a publicly-accessible location, though--this strikes me as a Bad Idea.

[Bala Gangadhar]

If you know the path then just add the single file specifically.

?

[David Newton]

Specify the entire path: http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTypes/fileset.html

I'm not convinced the file exists where you say it does, however, but it could be a different file reading issue.

[Dennis Coffeemaster]

I faced the same problem and solved it:

Just try this:

<jar destfile="WebContent/myconfig.jar">  
  <fileset dir="app/configuration" includes="**/app.properties"/>  
  <metainf  dir="app/configuration/xmlsfiles"  includes="**/something.xml" />        
</jar>