<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <project default="display_classpath_string" name="Display classpath string of jar files"> <!-- Require ANT version 1.7+ because of manifestclasspath --> <!-- Define location of jar files --> <path id="path.to.jars"> <fileset dir="releases/latest/libs/"> <include name="**/*.jar"/> <exclude name="testng*.jar"/> </fileset> </path> <!-- This is the important line: by specifying in the "jarfile" attribute the location of the generated jar, ANT will be able to deduce the relative path to you jar libraries. --> <manifestclasspath property="lib.list" jarfile="releases/latest/libs/"> <classpath refid="path.to.jars" /> </manifestclasspath> <target name="display_classpath_string"> <echo message="${lib.list}"/> </target> </project>