Hi Richard, You can use the property ${basedir} to refer to root of the project, so the directory in question would be ${basedir}/src/main/config
- Russ On Jul 11, 2013, at 1:24 AM, "Richard Sand" <rs...@idfconnect.com> wrote: > I've several projects that were created before we began using maven and > which we've added maven to subsequently. Obviously these projects were not > created with an archetype. Is there a "standard" folder that is commonly > used in archetypes for holding files such as application configuration files > or templates? The types of files I'm thinking of would not be put into > packaging (e.g. they wouldn't be placed into the jar, war etc. created by > maven) but would potentially be used in the install or deploy lifecycles. A > folder such as "src/main/config"? > > If such an animal exists, what property would I used to reference it in a > plugin? e.g. the equivalent of "${project.build.sourceDirectory}". Is there > such a property? > > If not, is there a property that references the "src" or "src/main" folder? > ${project.build.sourceDirectory} references "src/main/java" - it would seem > to be a hack to use "../config" from there but it would work. > > Thanks! > > Richard Sand | CEO > IDF Connect, Inc. > 2207 Concord Ave, #359 > Wilmington | Delaware 19803 | USA > Office: +1 302 425 0516 | Fax: +1 856 866 1899 > Mobile: +1 267 984 3651 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > ----------------- Come read my webnovel, Take a Lemon <http://www.takealemon.com>, and listen to the Misfile radio play <http://www.gold-family.us/audio/misfile.html>!