I'm trying to run a shell script from a maven goal. Here's my definition
<build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <goals> <goal>exec</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> <configuration> <executable>/bin/sh</executable> <arguments> <argument>run.sh</argument> </arguments> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> When I call mvn exec:exec I get the following error [INFO] One or more required plugin parameters are invalid/missing for 'exec:exec' [0] inside the definition for plugin: 'exec-maven-plugin'specify the following: <configuration> ... <executable>VALUE</executable> </configuration> -OR- on the command line, specify: '-Dexec.executable=VALUE' [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Trace org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Error configuring: org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin. Reason: Invalid or missing parameters: [Mojo parameter [name: 'executable'; alias: 'null']] for mojo: org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.1-beta-1:exec at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:568) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:493) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:463) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:311) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:278) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:143) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:334) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:125) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:272) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginParameterException: Error configuring: org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin. Reason: Invalid or missing parameters: [Mojo parameter [name: 'executable'; alias: 'null']] for mojo: org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:1.1-beta-1:exec at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.checkRequiredParameters(DefaultPluginManager.java:907) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.getConfiguredMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:612) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:421) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:539) ... 16 more [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 1 second [INFO] Finished at: Thu May 08 19:49:56 PDT 2008 [INFO] Final Memory: 3M/6M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Maven-exec-plugin-tp17140512p17140512.html Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]