build.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project name="test" default="zip-test" basedir=".">
    <description>Test Build File</description>

    <loadproperties srcfile="build.properties" />

    <property name="dist" location="dist" />

    <target name="init">
        <tstamp>
            <format property="FILE_TSTAMP" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd_HH.mm" />
        </tstamp>

        <!--creates the build directory-->
        <mkdir dir="${dist}" />
    </target>

    <target name="zip-test" depends="init" description="Creates a dist-zip that contains most of the projects files.">
        <delete file="${dist}/test-${app.version}.tar.gz" quiet="true" />
        <tar destfile="${dist}/test-${app.version}.tar.gz" basedir="." compression="gzip"
            excludes=".metadata/**, RemoteSystemsTempFiles/**, **/local-files/**, **/output/**, **/log/**, **/build/**, , **/dist/**, **/classes-eclipse/**, **/tmp/**, **/tmp-junit/**, **/slurp/**, **/geoip-db/GeoIPASNum.dat, **/geoip-db/GeoC*.dat, **/geoip-db/GeoLite*.dat, **/*_private.properties">
        </tar>
    </target>

</project>