I\'m building a linux installer for a Java application, and I end up with an install.jar and a setup.sh that I put in a zip file using ant.
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You don't have to switch to tar files. I don't know why people who don't know Ant are offering advice on this topic.
Use zipfileset's filemode parameter. Documented at http://ant.apache.org/manual/Types/zipfileset.html