Create empty directory in rpm

[RohitGupta31]

I would like to create an empty directory in my rpm, am using the ospackage plugin to copy few files/jar to other directories but i want to create an empty directory along side that.

I tried the following options as follows

ospackage {

from('test') {
        createDirectoryEntry = true	
        includeEmptyDirs = true
        addParentDirs false 
        fileMode = 0500
        into 'test'            
    }

but that is not creating an empty directory when installing the rpm. I tried with the directory option directory('/test', 644) as well but that does not seem to work. Could you look into this, please.

[jameswtelfer]

The directory entry in the RPM plugin is what you want for this, see https://github.com/nebula-plugins/gradle-ospackage-plugin/wiki/RPM-Plugin for details.

[malejpavouk]

Just a note from my observation - directory entry does not work in ospackage section. It needs to be in buildRpm.

[jsmucr]

Currently it does not work at all, not even via buildRpm.

[patric-r]

Any updates on this, please?

[patric-r]

After doing many tests I can say that at least the following works:

    from(mytask.outputs.files) {
        into '.'
        createDirectoryEntry = true
    }

mytask.outputs consists of a directory which contains an empty sub-directory. Surprisingly,includeEmptyDirs true was not required (but did not harm either)