Although I really like maven, and use it in all my projects, maven is tightly integrated with the project lifecycle (clean, compile, package, install, deploy ,etc) so ant looks like a better fit for what you're looking for.
Néstor On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Ron Wheeler < rwhee...@artifact-software.com> wrote: > I would have suggested Ant since it is easy to use, widely supported with > documentation, books and examples. > It can do damn near anything. > > make seems awfully obscure but it is used a lot for installation. > > maven does not seem like a good fit. > > Ron > > > On 29/02/2012 10:20 PM, Yuen-Chi Lian wrote: > >> For such scripting with phases, I find rake (or make) to be more suitable >> than ant or Maven. Or try BuildR. >> >> Yuen-Chi Lian | www.yclian.com >> "I do not seek; I find." - Pablo Picasso >> >> 2012/3/1 Terence >> Stephens<terence.stephens@**gmail.com<terence.steph...@gmail.com> >> > >> >> I'm looking for a tool that will help me: >>> Build Java Code >>> Move Php code to a different location on my computer >>> Create New Directories on the server and upload content to them (via >>> FTP over SSL or maybe SSH) >>> Download whole directories and then zip of the contents >>> >>> >>> I know I could do this in a shell script, but I think I would have >>> better luck with a Java based tool. This is outside the scope of >>> Maven's uses. For my needs, should I look into using Maven or find a >>> different tool? >>> >>> thanks. >>> >>> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >>> --------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>> users-unsubscribe@maven.**apache.org<users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org> >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >>> >>> >>> > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >
