I have a "tools" directory under "parent" and the children projects need to invoke commands under "tools" during the phase of code generation. I want to provide an absolute path to that "${parent}/tools" so that each child can invoke from there.
Or is there other better way to solve it? is there really a ${parent} property tag in maven? -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Fay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 6:52 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: Is there a property for parent directory? Why do you need to do this? There may be a better way to do the same thing that does not involve a ${parent} tag at all. Wayne On 9/10/07, Huang, Yan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a property or way to get parent directory in maven? Let's say I > have this structure of my projects: > > Parent > |____ pom.xml > |____ child project 1 > | |___ pom.xml > |____ child project 2 > |___ pom.xml > > > Child project 1 and project 2 will inherit from parent 1. Now, when > building children projects, is there a property in maven that can be > used to refer to the actual directory of parent during build time? I > know the notation of ${basedir}/../ might work in most cases, but what > if child project is in another level down, i.e. > > Parent > |____ pom.xml > |____ children folder 1 > | |___ child project 1 > | | | > | | |___ pom.xml > | |___ child project 2 > | |___ pom.xml > |____ child project 3 > |___ pom.xml > > > Thanks > Yan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]