karaf-2.2.x/archetypes/assembly/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/descriptors/unix-bin.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<assembly>

    <id>unix-bin</id>

    <formats>
        <format>tar.gz</format>
    </formats>

    <fileSets>

        <!-- Karaf runtime -->
        <fileSet>
            <directory>target/dependencies/unix/apache-karaf-${karaf.version}</directory>
            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
            <excludes>
                <exclude>**/demos/**</exclude>
                <exclude>bin/**</exclude>
                <exclude>karaf-manual*.*</exclude>
            </excludes>
        </fileSet>

        <!-- Copy over bin/* separately to get the correct file mode -->
        <fileSet>
            <directory>target/dependencies/unix/apache-karaf-${karaf.version}</directory>
            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
            <includes>
                <include>bin/admin</include>
                <include>bin/karaf</include>
                <include>bin/start</include>
                <include>bin/stop</include>
            </includes>
            <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
        </fileSet>

    </fileSets>

    <files>

        <file>
            <source>${project.basedir}/target/dependencies/unix/apache-karaf-${karaf.version}/bin/karaf</source>
            <outputDirectory>/bin</outputDirectory>
            <destName>custom</destName>
            <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
            <lineEnding>unix</lineEnding>
        </file>

    </files>

</assembly>