How to package web-inf/* and meta-inf/* to a war file via zip command?

Question

I have a foo.war file (JSF web app). I unzipped it just fine.

unzip foo.war

Then meta-inf and web-inf folders are extracted. I made a change to a properties file inside of web-inf and I repackageed it as foo.war.

However below command I tried didn't do it. It left out package name and Java classes under it from classes folder.

zip foo.war META-INF/* WEB-INF/*

If you've solved your problem, please consider closing your question (or answering it, though I have a feeling "recursive zipping" has already been brought here). ;) — John WH Smith, Mar 02 '16 at 21:34

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '16 at 22:36

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running follow command fixed the problem.

zip -r foo.war META-INF/ WEB-INF/

answered Mar 02 '16 at 22:36

DaeYoung

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the more general solution zip -r foo.war * should work too – jan Mar 12 '18 at 10:12

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