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1. How to include restricted fileset in zip without creating an interim copy in ant    stackoverflow.com

I have a fileset which contains a number of jars of which I only want a subset. I'm currently doing this:

<target name="work-around">
    <delete dir="${dir.deps}" failonerror="false" />
   ...

2. Ant - Java - zipfileset - excluding a directory    stackoverflow.com

I have an ant target for creating zip like this -

<zip destfile="${dist}/myzip.zip">
    <zipfileset dir="docs/manual" prefix="docs/userguide"/>    
</zip>

3. What files are excluded by default from Ant zip task?    stackoverflow.com

I'm running an Ant zip task to zip the whole contents of a directory on Unix systems:

<zip destfile="${deploy}/test.zip">
    <zipfileset dir="/home/mydir" />
</zip>

4. Problem With Zip Ant task    forums.oracle.com

Hi All, I am trying to Zip the binary files and directories from my workspace. I wanted to include some of the directory inside Zipped folder. I tried including some empty folder ito Zipped folder But doesnt work. If i place some dummy file inside the folder and run Ant task to zip it then this folder appearing in the destination ...

5. Apache ant Making Tar file    forums.oracle.com