Hmm.. thanks for your response.. however, according to the documentation, the filesonly parameter is, by default, "false" in the war task.. but it still doesn't include empty directories.. could this be a bug? Anuj. --- Tom Maccariella wrote: > To clarify, set the "filesonly" parameter to "false" as shown in the > example. I had it backwards in my answer. Sorry for the confusion. > > Tom > > Tom Maccariella wrote: > The WAR and EAR tasks extend from the JAR task, which in turn extends > from the ZIP task. All of these tasks support the "filesonly" > parameter. If set to "true", both files *and* folders will be added > to the archive. By default, only files are included along with the > folder information for each file -- but not the actual folder. When > the archive is extracted, you may think that folders were included > since folders are created that have files within. But empty > directories are not included. > > So, to answer your question, just set the "filesonly" paramter to > "true". A simple example using the jar task is shown below: > > Hope this helps, > Tom > > Anuj Agrawal wrote: > Hi - > Is there a way to include empty directories in the war/ear file when > using > the war/ear task? > Thanks. > Anuj. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscribe@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-help@ant.apache.org