Question

Gzip can take parameters, as described here. I would like to gzip some files from maven using ant-run, but the documentation does not explain how to pass parameters.

Is this possible, and if yes, how to proceed?

Answer 1

Since ant gzip task does not provide the necessary attributes for you to pass your arguments, you shall use the exec task :

<target name="runGZip">
  <exec executable="gzip">
    <arg value="bla"/>
    ....
  </exec>
</target>

In addition to this, since you want portability you should use conditional execution depending on the os. If you need more help let me know.