Simplistic Shell code for creating WAR files from a standard Eclipse dynamic Web Project. Uses RAM File system (/dev/shm) on a Linux platform.
#!/bin/sh
UTILITY=$(basename $0)
if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
echo "usage: $UTILITY [-s] <web-app-directory>..."
echo " -s ..... With source"
exit 1
fi
if [ "$1" == "-s" ] ; then
WITH_SOURCE=1
shift
fi
while [ ! -z "$1" ] ; do
WEB_APP_DIR=$1
shift
if [ ! -d $WEB_APP_DIR ] ; then
echo "\"$WEB_APP_DIR\" is not a directory"
continue
fi
if [ ! -d $WEB_APP_DIR/WebContent ] ; then
echo "\"$WEB_APP_DIR\" is not a Web Application directory"
continue
fi
TMP_DIR=/dev/shm/${WEB_APP_DIR}.$$.tmp
WAR_FILE=/dev/shm/${WEB_APP_DIR}.war
mkdir $TMP_DIR
pushd $WEB_APP_DIR > /dev/null
cp -r WebContent/* $TMP_DIR
cp -r build/* $TMP_DIR/WEB-INF
[ ! -z "$WITH_SOURCE" ] && cp -r src/* $TMP_DIR/WEB-INF/classes
cd $TMP_DIR > /dev/null
[ -e $WAR_FILE ] && rm -f $WAR_FILE
jar cf $WAR_FILE .
ls -lsF $WAR_FILE
popd > /dev/null
rm -rf $TMP_DIR
done