You need to supply the property "srcwar"! You need to supply the property "build"! You need to supply the property "tomcat.home"! You need to supply the property "destwar"! You need to supply the property "desttar"! You need to supply the property "static.user"! You need to supply the property "static.group"! echo "Unpacking files."${line.separator} echo "${line.separator}=== Unpacking ${deploy.fullpath} to ${copy.dest} ==="${line.separator} sudo tar -p --same-owner -C ${copy.dest} -xzvf ${deploy.fullpath}${line.separator} echo "${line.separator}=== Copying ${deploy.fullpath} to ${copy.dest} ==="${line.separator} cp ${deploy.fullpath} ${copy.dest}${line.separator}