Thanks very much to all of you for your help ! I have found a very simple answer, which suggests to me that CURRENT DOCUMENTATION IS MISSING AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE.. how to exclude stuff from the default webapp directory. I will add this example to the maven user wiki.. but for closure (i think) on this topic, here is the trick i used:
<build> <finalName>findFiles</finalName> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.1-beta-1</version> <configuration> <warSourceExcludes>**/*.jsp</warSourceExcludes> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> i'm attaching the entire sample project as well. regards . chris -- Chris Bedford Founder & Lead Lackey Build Lackey Labs: http://buildlackey.com Go Grails!: http://groovy.buildlackey.com http://old.nabble.com/file/p27661695/excludeExample.tar.gz excludeExample.tar.gz -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/not-able-to-get-maven-war-plugin-to-filter-out-unwanted-resources-from-my-.war-file.-tp27649724p27661695.html Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org