Below is an example of Ant build file to package Firefox's extension.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <project basedir="." default="build" name="yourFirefoxExtName"> <target name="build"> <!-- JAR the content of your chrome/ folder --> <jar destfile="${ant.project.name}.jar"> <fileset dir="chrome"> <exclude name="${ant.project.name}.jar"/> </fileset> </jar> <!-- Create XPI file. --> <move file="${ant.project.name}.jar" todir="chrome" overwrite="yes" /> <zip destfile="${ant.project.name}.xpi" basedir="."> <include name="chrome/${ant.project.name}.jar"/> <include name="chrome.manifest"/> <include name="install.rdf"/> </zip> <!-- The content of your XPI file looks like the following: C:. ¦ chrome.manifest ¦ install.rdf ¦ +---chrome yourFirefoxExtName.jar --> </target> </project>