Thanks Wayne. I undertand its trivial but was just trying to avoid redundancy. I downloaded the ant-run-plugin. Could you please let me know how can i get this folder removed immediately after executing mvn package. I tried providing the following under my pom xml
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <phase>generate-sources</phase> <configuration> <tasks> <delete dir="${project.build.directory}"/> </tasks> </configuration> <goals> <goal>run</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> but here it was trying to delete even before the packaging had started. I see a <phase> , should i specify something here so that it will delete the folder only after packaging? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Avoid-Build-folder-when-creating-EAR-WAR-t1485825.html#a4028236 Sent from the Maven - Users forum at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]