Quack

Quack is an Apache Ant Task to create self-extracting jar files.

Download

Quack 1.1	quack-1.1.zip	Download
Quack 1.1 Source	quack-1.1-src.zip	Download

Installing

Quack can be installed in a number of ways, each gives the result of placing quack.jar on the classpath.

Place quack.jar in ANT_HOME/lib.
Add the locaton of quack.jar to the CLASSPATH environment variable.
Specify the location of quack.jar using a <classpath> element in a <taskdef> in the buildfile.
Specify the location of quack.jar using the classpath attribute of <taskdef> in the buildfile.

Usage

The following demonstrates an example usage of Quack within an Ant buildfile.

<target name="self-extract">
	<taskdef name="quack" classname="uk.co.bedican.quack.SelfExtractingJarTask" classpath="/path/to/quack.jar" />
	<quack destfile="my-product.jar">
		<fileset dir="my-product" />
	</quack>
</target>

Task Parameters

This task forms an implicit FileSet and supports most attributes of <fileset> (dir becomes basedir) as well as the nested <include>, <exclude> and <patternset> elements.

Or, you may place within it nested file sets. In this case basedir is optional; the implicit file set is only used if basedir is set. You may use any mixture of the implicit file set (with basedir set, and optional attributes like includes and optional subelements like <include>); explicit nested <fileset> elements so long as at least one fileset total is specified.

Attribute	Description	Required
destfile	The jar file to create.	Yes
basedir	The directory to pack within the jar.	No
includes	Comma or space separated list of patterns of files that must be included. All files are included when omitted.	No
excludes	Comma or space separated list of patterns of files that must be excluded. No files (except default excludes) are excluded when omitted.	No
includesfile	The name of a file. Each line of this file is taken to be an include pattern.	No
excludesfile	The name of a file. Each line of this file is taken to be an exclude pattern.	No

License

Redistribution and use of this software is permitted providing the following conditions are met:

Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
Distributions in binary form compiled from source must make that source available for redistribution without sublicense, retaining all copyright notices, including the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
Distributions must provide a link to http://www.bedican.co.uk
Neither the name bedican, bedican solutions nor the name of the author, may be used to endorse or promote any website or products without specific prior written permission. The name bedican is a trademark of bedican solutions.

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