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Classpath jar (ojdbc6.jar) is not included after jar create via Ant

I was able to generate a jar file with manifest.mf. However, when i run the jar file in the command prompt, it looks for the oracle driver. I'm pretty sure that I have added this in eclipse project build path.
My build.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="converter" default="main" basedir=".">
<property name="projectName" value="Converter" />
<property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
<property name="web.dir" value="war"/>
<property name="lib.dir" value="lib"/>
<property name="dist.dir" location="dist" />
<property name="dist.lib.dir" location="dist/lib" />
<property name="build.dir" value="${web.dir}/WEB-INF/classes"/>
<property name="name" value="converter"/>
<property name="main-class" value="com.ouc.mv90.conversion.CSVtoMV90Converter" />
<target name="init">
<mkdir dir="${build.dir}" />
</target>
<!-- external libraries classpath, we don't need sources and javadoc -->
<path id="classpath">
<fileset dir="${basedir}/">
<include name="${lib.dir}/*.jar" />
<exclude name="${lib.dir}/*sources.jar"/>
<exclude name="${lib.dir}/*javadoc.jar"/>
</fileset>
</path>
<!-- To work with external libraries, need classpath to compile -->
<target name="compile" depends="init" description="compile the source ">
<javac includeantruntime="false" srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.dir}" classpathref="classpath" />
</target>
<!-- constructs the external libraries classpath name -->
<pathconvert property="classpath.name" pathsep=" ">
<path refid="classpath" />
<mapper>
<chainedmapper>
<flattenmapper />
<globmapper from="*.jar" to="lib/*.jar" />
</chainedmapper>
</mapper>
</pathconvert>
<target name="copy-dependencies">
<copy todir="${dist.lib.dir}">
<fileset dir="${lib.dir}" includes="**/*.jar" excludes="**/*sources.jar, **/*javadoc.jar" />
</copy>
</target>
<!-- jar it, and declares the ext libraries in manifest.mf file -->
<target name="jar" depends="compile, copy-dependencies" description="package, output to JAR">
<echo message="classpath.name : ${classpath.name} " />
<mkdir dir="${dist.dir}" />
<mkdir dir="${dist.lib.dir}" />
<jar jarfile="${dist.dir}/${projectName}.jar" basedir="${build.dir}">
<manifest>
<attribute name="Main-Class" value="${main-class}" />
<attribute name="Class-Path" value="${classpath.name}" />
</manifest>
</jar>
</target>
<target name="clean" description="clean up">
<delete dir="${build.dir}" />
<delete dir="${dist.dir}" />
</target>
<!-- Default, run this -->
<target name="main" depends="clean, compile, jar" />
</project>
MANIFEST.mf
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.8.2
Created-By: 1.6.0_43-b01 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
Main-Class: com.ouc.mv90.conversion.CSVtoMV90Converter
Class-Path: lib/ojdbc6.jar

"no main manifest attribute"

Hi I'm working on a project where i'm told to create dist ant target which creates JAR file and jrun target which depends on dist target ant should run dist created jar file. While ant jrun i get the folowing error : jrun
[java]: no main manifest attribute in *\build\jar\navus.jar
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="POS" default="build" basedir=".">
<!-- Project properties-->
<property name="src.dir" value="${basedir}/src"/>
<property name="build.dir" value="${basedir}/build"/>
<property name="classes.dir" value="${build.dir}/classes"/>
<property name="lib.dir" value="${basedir}/lib"/>
<property name="jar.dir" value="${build.dir}/jar"/>
<property name="main.class" value="ee.ut.math.tvt.navus.Intro"/>
<!-- Different classpaths form compiling and running-->
<path id="compile.classpath">
<fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
<include name="**/*.jar"/>
</fileset>
</path>
<path id="run.classpath">
<pathelement location="${classes.dir}"/>
<path refid="compile.classpath"/>
</path>
<!-- Clean existing build-->
<target name="clean">
<delete dir="${build.dir}" />
</target>
<!-- Builds Java code-->
<target name="build" depends="clean">
<mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
<mkdir dir="${classes.dir}"/>
<copy file="${src.dir}/log4j.properties" todir="${classes.dir}" overwrite="true" />
<javac
srcdir="${src.dir}"
destdir="${classes.dir}">
<classpath refid="compile.classpath"/>
</javac>
</target>
<!-- Creates jar file-->
<target name="dist" depends="build">
<mkdir dir="${jar.dir}"/>
<propertyfile file="version.properties">
<entry key="build.revision.number" type="int" default="0" operation="+"/>
</propertyfile>
<jar jarfile="${build.dir}/jar/navus.jar"
basedir="${build.dir}/classes">
<manifest>
<attribute name="mainClass" value="${main.class}"/>
</manifest>
<fileset dir="${basedir}" includes="${src.dir}"/>
</jar>
</target>
<!-- Executes application via class Intro-->
<target name="run" depends="build"
description="runs introUI via Intro" >
<java classname="${main.class}"
classpathref="run.classpath"
fork="yes">
</java>
</target>
<!-- Runs application using JAR file-->
<target name="jrun" depends="dist"
description=" Run JAR file">
<java jar="${jar.dir}/navus.jar"
fork="yes"/>
</target>
</project>

Looking at google returns https://ant.apache.org/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html. Maybe try something like this -
<target name="jar">
<mkdir dir="build/jar"/>
<jar destfile="build/jar/HelloWorld.jar" basedir="build/classes">
<manifest>
<attribute name="Main-Class" value="oata.HelloWorld"/>
</manifest>
</jar>
</target>

You need to create a manifest file (MANIFEST.MF), which goes inside the META-INF folder inside your jar. It resembles this:
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Application-Name: MyApp
Sealed: true
Main-Class: com.mysite.myappname.myMainClass
Codebase: www.mysite.com

ANT - How i cant move File to JAR

i've had edited my ANT build process. Here is my working list:
create a copy of the src folder and a selfwritten AntTask Obfuscated all Strings
ANT creates an JAR with <jar>
the JAR will be Obfuscated by ProGuard
An additional file will must be copied to the JAR
JAR will be signed
The bodled step is my Question. How i can copy a single file to the root directory of the JAR. I must make this step here! Before or after won't work: Before: ProGuard will be try to obfuscate this file and gives Exceptions. After cant work, the file must be signed.
Anyone have an smart idea?
Here a minified version of my ANT build script:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<project basedir="." default="default" name="DEMO">
<property environment="env" />
<property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars" />
<property name="target" value="1.7" />
<property name="source" value="1.7" />
<!-- Applet Informationen -->
<property name="version" value="1.0.0" />
<!-- Start Build process -->
<target name="default">
<echo message="Copy source" />
<delete dir="builds/temp/" />
<mkdir dir="builds/temp/" />
<copydir src="src" dest="builds/temp/" />
<echo message="Obfuscate Strings" />
<taskdef resource="task.properties" classpath="libs/MyStringHelper.jar" />
<mystringhelper dir="builds/temp/" name="_X.class" decoder="MyClass.myMethod" imports="import test.MyClass;" />
<javac srcdir="builds/temp/" destdir="bin" />
<sleep seconds="1" />
<echo message="Create JAR Archive with Version ${version}" />
<jar destfile="builds/${name}${version}.jar" basedir="bin">
<manifest>
<attribute name="Application-Name" value="${name}" />
<attribute name="Application-Library-Allowable-Codebase" value="*.domain.com localhost" />
<attribute name="Caller-Allowable-Codebase" value="*.domain.com localhost" />
<attribute name="Codebase" value="*.domain.com localhost" />
<attribute name="Permissions" value="all-permissions" />
<attribute name="Author" value="Adrian Preuss" />
<attribute name="Main-Class" value="main.Run" />
</manifest>
</jar>
<echo message="Obfuscate the Archive" />
<taskdef resource="proguard/ant/task.properties" classpath="libs/proguard.jar" />
<proguard printmapping="proguard.map" overloadaggressively="off" repackageclasses="" renamesourcefileattribute="SourceFile">
<injar file="builds/${name}${version}.jar" />
<outjar file="builds/__${name}${version}.jar" />
<libraryjar file="${java.home}/lib/rt.jar" />
<libraryjar file="libs/ant.jar" />
<libraryjar file="libs/gradle-plugins-1.3.jar" />
<libraryjar file="libs/gradle-base-services-1.3.jar" />
<libraryjar file="libs/gradle-core-1.3.jar" />
<libraryjar file="libs/groovy-all-1.8.6.jar" />
<libraryjar file="libs/kenv.zip" />
<keeppackagename name="main" />
<keep access="public" name="main.Run">
<method access="public" type="void" name="changeLanguage" parameters="java.lang.String" />
</keep>
</proguard>
<delete file="builds/${name}${version}.jar" failonerror="false" />
<move file="builds/__${name}${version}.jar" tofile="builds/${name}${version}.jar" />
<!--
##
## ADD the File "builds/temp/_XA.class" to the JAR
##
## Info: the _XA.class is'nt an Java-Class file!
-->
<echo message="Roll up the code signing" />
<signjar jar="builds/${name}${version}.jar" alias="${name}" keystore="${name}.keystore" storepass="${password}" preservelastmodified="true" />
<echo message="Verify code signing" />
<verifyjar jar="builds/${name}${version}.jar" alias="${name}" storepass="${password}"/>
<echo message="Copy applet to local environment" />
<copy file="builds/${name}${version}.jar" tofile="C:/devsrv/htdocs/${name}${version}.jar" failonerror="false" />
<echo message="Cleanup,..." />
<!-- .... -->
</target>
</project>

This is a part from my ant build file including all xml, jpg, gif and png:
<!-- ============================================================== -->
<!-- Build application -->
<!-- ============================================================== -->
<target name="build" depends="make-bin-dir" description="Build application">
<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${bin.dir}" debug="on" classpathref="javac.classpath" />
<copy todir="${bin.dir}">
<fileset dir="${src.dir}">
<include name="**/*.xml" />
<include name="**/*.jpg" />
<include name="**/*.gif" />
<include name="**/*.png" />
</fileset>
</copy>
</target>
To only include one file just put the full name in include name= "fullnamehere" />
Sorry...haven't seen your part to add...
Try it like this:
include name= "builds/temp/_XA.class" />

Since a Jar is really a Zip file, you could unzip the jar to a temp directory after proguard does its thing, add the _XA.class file where you want in in that temp dir, and re-create the jar file before signing.

Ant build doesn't make jar file

Got my hands on an old script from year 2000.
It's all in Java and there is a build file which compiles it all:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="chat" default="compile" basedir=".">
<target name="init">
<property name="conf.dir" value="conf" />
<property name="src.dir" value="src" />
<property name="resource.dir" value="resource" />
<property name="build.dir" value="build" />
<property name="release.dir" value="release" />
<property name="etc.dir" value="etc" />
<property name="lib.dir" value="lib" />
</target>
<target name="clean" depends="init">
<delete dir="${build.dir}" />
<delete dir="${release.dir}" />
</target>
<target name="compile" depends="init">
<mkdir dir="${build.dir}" />
<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${build.dir}" includeAntRuntime="false" debug="true" optimize="false" />
</target>
<target name="release" depends="compile">
<mkdir dir="${release.dir}" />
<jar destfile="${release.dir}/chat_service.jar" basedir="${build.dir}" includeantruntime="false" />
</target>
</project>
When I run it with ant in Windows the command prompt says:
Buildfile: build.xml
init:
compile: BUILD SUCCESSFUL
But it doesn't create a jar file.
All it does is copy the exact project and compile it into class files.
Does anyone know how I can create the right file?
It's a chat server and I need it to run my client.

The default target of the build file is compile:
<project name="chat" default="compile" basedir=".">
So if you invoke ant without specifying a target, the compile target will be executed. To execute the release target, use
ant release

You should add another target section for generating the jar file.
For instance :
<target name="jar" depends="compile">
<mkdir dir="${jar.dir}" />
<jar destfile="${jar.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar" basedir="${classes.dir}">
<manifest>
<attribute name="Main-Class" value="${main-class}" />
<attribute name="Class-Path" value="config/ properties/ ${manifest.classpath}" />
</manifest>
</jar>
</target>
at the end, of course you should configure that block for your own file and properties.

Java applet, add jar files to the manifest file

I am doing some thing obvious wrong. I have a simple applet which needs to upload files to server. I have written an ant script to build the jar file. However, the manifest.mf has class-path split into multiple lines.
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.7.0
Class-Path: lib/commons-codec-1.3.jar lib/commons-httpclien
t-3.1.jar lib/commons-logging-1.0.4.jar lib/plu
gin.jar
Created-By: 14.3-b01-101 (Apple Inc.)
My build.xml is :
<project name="ScreenShot" default="dist" basedir=".">
<description>
simple example build file
</description>
<!-- set global properties for this build -->
<property name="src" location="src" />
<property name="build" location="build" />
<property name="dist" location="dist" />
<target name="init">
<!-- Create the time stamp -->
<tstamp />
<!-- Create the build directory structure used by compile -->
<mkdir dir="${build}" />
</target>
<target name="compile" depends="init" description="compile the source ">
<!-- Compile the java code from ${src} into ${build} -->
<javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}">
<classpath>
<pathelement path="${classpath}" />
<pathelement path="lib/commons-codec-1.3.jar:lib/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar:lib/plugin.jar" />
</classpath>
</javac>
</target>
<target name="dist" depends="compile" description="generate the distribution">
<!-- Create the distribution directory -->
<mkdir dir="${dist}" />
<copy todir="${build}/lib">
<fileset dir="lib/" />
</copy>
<path id="libs.project">
<!-- lib.home contains all jar files, in several subdirectories -->
<fileset dir="lib">
<include name="**/*.jar" />
</fileset>
</path>
<manifestclasspath property="jar.classpath" maxParentLevels="1" jarfile="build/ScreenShot.jar">
<classpath refid="libs.project" />
</manifestclasspath>
<!-- Put everything in ${build} into the MyProject-${DSTAMP}.jar file -->
<jar jarfile="/Users/firemonk/red5/webapps/whiteboard/ScreenShot.jar" basedir="${build}">
<manifest>
<attribute name="Class-Path" value="${jar.classpath}" />
</manifest>
</jar>
</target>
<target name="clean" description="clean up">
<!-- Delete the ${build} and ${dist} directory trees -->
<delete dir="${build}" />
<delete dir="${dist}" />
</target>
</project>

Check the value of ${jar.classpath}. It seems its value itself is in multiple lines.

Does it not work? It's a bit odd that there are big spaces between each classpath entry but it looks valid.
The manifest specification states that lines must be no longer than 72 bytes and that longer lines should be split and continued on the next line with a leading space.