Can javac process/include `.properties` files so that they appear in the output?

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Currently I'm building a small personal project in Java which is a simple file server. I've implemented basic internationalization with usage of ResourceBundle. I'm using .properties files to store messages in different languages.

Till now I was using Vscode built-in java compilation process which was copying .properties files into its corresponding directory in the output. However now I'd like to write a build script for that project.

My command looks like this: javac -d ./bin -cp ./src ./src/**/*.java.

This command however doesn't take .properties files into account. I searched web whether javac has ability to somehow process/include this files into output but found no answer. I know I can use Maven or Ant, but I'd like to make this project without usage of additional tools.

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Answering to my own question, but maybe someone will find this useful one day. In short javac always compiles .java files producing .class files. There is no way that it could process some other file (source: How to set the output files when compiling with javac).

Long story short if you want to include resources, images, text files, anything that is not .java file in your output, and don't want to use build tools, you have to copy it manually or use cp command in your build script.

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