copy 'resources' to arbitrary directory

2007-07-08 Thread Severin Ecker
Hi, I seem to just can't figure out how i can copy files from an arbitrary location to an arbitrary location. I have some XML schema files in my source directory and since i'm using these as source they clearly don't fit in the resource directory. so i guess to have them automatically copied

Re: copy 'resources' to arbitrary directory

2007-07-08 Thread Tim Kettler
Hi, no need to configure the resource plugin to add additional resources. Just add a new resource specification to your pom like this: project build resources resource targetPathmydir/targetPath directorysrc/main/xsd/directory /resource /resources

Re: copy 'resources' to arbitrary directory

2007-07-08 Thread Severin Ecker
hi, hmm, either i'm stupid or i spelled something wrong, cause when i tried this last time, maven told me that's an incorrect pom according to the schema. let's try with copypaste this time ;) thanks though cheers, severin Tim Kettler wrote: Hi, no need to configure the resource plugin

Re: copy 'resources' to arbitrary directory

2007-07-08 Thread Paul Copeland
The problem I ran into with this is that targetPath is relative to the classes directory for jar and war packing types. So if you want your xml files to go anywhere else Maven is just going to be way too helpful and not let you. I gave up and used an ant task for copying. If there is a way

Re: copy 'resources' to arbitrary directory

2007-07-08 Thread Severin Ecker
hi, well the targetPath was actually all that i needed. i couldn't find that one anywhere in the resource plugin page, might be worth adding it somewhere (e.g. in the examples) cheers, severin Paul Copeland wrote: The problem I ran into with this is that targetPath is relative to the

Re: copy 'resources' to arbitrary directory

2007-07-08 Thread Wendy Smoak
On 7/8/07, Severin Ecker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to just can't figure out how i can copy files from an arbitrary location to an arbitrary location. I think most people use the antrun plugin and a 'copy' task for that. By convention, resources belong in src/main/resources and get