Hi Graham, I think you need to use genapp as the command e.g.
maven -Dpackage=za.co.fma.patricia genapp Neil :) -----Original Message----- From: Graham Leggett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 April 2003 15:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Maven initial project creation throws an exception and dies Hi all, According to the manual, it is possible for maven to create an initial project directory structure like so: maven -Dpackage=za.co.fma.patricia patricia When I try it, I get an exception like so: __ __ | \/ |__ Jakarta _ ___ | |\/| / _` \ V / -_) ' \ ~ intelligent projects ~ |_| |_\__,_|\_/\___|_||_| v. 1.0-beta-8 org.apache.maven.MavenException: Unable to extract plugin: /opt/maven-1.0-beta-8/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin-1.1.jar at org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginManager.initialize(PluginManager.java:271) at org.apache.maven.MavenSession.initializePluginManager(MavenSession.java:305) at org.apache.maven.MavenSession.initialize(MavenSession.java:245) at org.apache.maven.cli.App.doMain(App.java:507) at org.apache.maven.cli.App.main(App.java:1074) 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:324) at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.run(Forehead.java:543) at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.main(Forehead.java:573) --- Nested Exception --- java.io.FileNotFoundException: /opt/maven-1.0-beta-8/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin-1.1/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF (No such file or directory) at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:176) at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:131) at org.apache.maven.util.Expand.extractFile(Expand.java:192) at org.apache.maven.util.Expand.expandFile(Expand.java:124) at org.apache.maven.util.Expand.execute(Expand.java:104) at org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginManager.initialize(PluginManager.java:267) at org.apache.maven.MavenSession.initializePluginManager(MavenSession.java:305) at org.apache.maven.MavenSession.initialize(MavenSession.java:245) at org.apache.maven.cli.App.doMain(App.java:507) at org.apache.maven.cli.App.main(App.java:1074) 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:324) at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.run(Forehead.java:543) at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.main(Forehead.java:573) Total time: 2 seconds Does any of this mean anything to anyone? Or do I have to set up the directories myself? Regards, Graham -- ----------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There's a moon over Bourbon Street tonight..." --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
