Including hidden files in a war file using the jar command

Question

I am trying to create a war file on Mac OSX in terminal. I am trying to include a hidden subdirectory of configuration files. For some reason, the war file does not include a hidden subdirectory.

The command I use is:

jar cvf myWar.war * 

The contents of the file are two html files and one directory ".ebextensions"

Am I doing something wrong? It seems like it should be easier than I do.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Try to enter

jar cvf myWar.war * .[!.]*

With this command you also include all directories / files starting with a period, but exclude . and ..