You may be interested in the Gradle application plugin. This creates a distribution zip file with all the dependencies and some starter scripts. https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/application_plugin.html
The only customization would be to add your custom script to the bin/ directory where the starter scripts live. Remko. (Shameless plug) Every java main() method deserves http://picocli.info > On Dec 20, 2018, at 8:00, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 at 22:46, MG <mg...@arscreat.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> out of curiosity (and because having a fat jar again might be >> conventient at some point in the future in my work environment (also no >> internet access)): >> >> This solution proposed by Keith does not work >> https://github.com/gradle/gradle-groovy-all >> ? > > See https://github.com/gradle/gradle-groovy-all/issues/1 > > Basically, yes it does, but only for groovy.ui.GroovyMain (which is > fine) and they don't support usage for anything other than Gradle's > purposes and they are looking to discontinue it once Gradle no longer > needs it (which isn't quite as fine ;-)) > > In addition, by not going with that solution, I've learned a lot about > Gradle and how to use it to solve my problem, which is much better, as > not only do I have a solution, I also learned something new :-) By the > way - my Gradle solution also doesn't work for groovy.ui.Console, but > that's fine as I say above (and it's a chance to learn more, working > out why :-)) > > Paul
