 file (only containing a manifest and services)
is created.</p>

<p>(The Jar task is a shortcut for specifying the manifest file of a JAR file.
The same thing can be accomplished by using the <i>fullpath</i>
attribute of a zipfileset in a Zip task. The one difference is that if the
<i>manifest</i> attribute is not specified, the Jar task will
include an empty one for you.)</p>

<p>Manifests are processed by the Jar task according to the
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