Hello, when you type mvn -Duser.home=j:\joe_user compile, you provide user.home to maven. In your case, I think you want to provide this to the jvm that executes maven, so you should try
set MAVEN_OPTS=-Duser.home=j:\joe_user compile Cheers, Vincent 2010/11/1 c...@netzero.net <c...@netzero.net> > I am having trouble accessing the settings.xml when running the following > command on my windows box: > > mvn -Duser.home=j:\joe_user compile > > where "j:\joe_user" is a samba mounted drive to my unix box in which the > .m2 directory exists. I've run with the -X switch so I can see what's > happening: > > mvn -Duser.home=j:\joe_user -X compile > > [DEBUG] Reading user settings from c:\Documents and > Settings\joe_user\.m2\settings.xml > [DEBUG] Reading global settings from > j:\joe_user\maven\apache-maven-3.0\conf\settings.xml > [DEBUG] Using local repository at j:\joe_user\.m2\repository > > > > I've only included the interesting debug messages and you can see that I am > using version 3.0 as my M2_HOME is set to j:\joe_user\maven\apache-maven-3.0 > > Things run as expected when I copy the settings.xml file from my unix box > onto my windows box into the appropriate directory OR if i add the -s > option: > > mvn -Duser.home=j:\joe_user -s j:\joe_user\.m2\settings.xml compile > > > > My question is: based on the maven documentation, it appears that a user's > install is specified at ${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml therefore, should > specifying the user.home via -D option point to the correct location and NOT > the home directory (under windows)? > > I apologize if this is answered elsewhere. I did perform several searches > prior to sending this email. > > thanks > > bill > > > ____________________________________________________________ > DEAL OF THE YEAR: 2010 Honda Civic for $1,734.09 > SPECIAL REPORT: High ticket items are being auctioned for an incredible 90% > off! > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3231/4ccebcea695e153f379st04vuc > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > -- Vincent