use the global java system properties ${os.name}
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On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 14:48:52 -0500, Helck, Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a plugin that needs to execute a seperately installed program. I
> don't want the plugin to rely on the user's environment. I would prefer
> to specify the executables location via a property. I'd like to have
> default properties for different OS's: windows and solaris. I'd like the
> goal to fail if the installed program can not be found. I'd also like to
> have an OS-independent property that a user could over-ride. So I'm
> thinking og a plugin.property file that looks something like this:
>
> maven.foo.unix.executable=/usr/local/bin/foo
> maven.foo.windows.executable=c:\Program Files\foo
>
> Is a user has the program foo installed somewhere else he can run
>
> maven -Dmaven.foo.executable=blah/blah/foo ...
>
> So, first is this a good approach? Is it the Maven approach? Finally can
> someone point me to an existing plugin that does something similar? I'm
> having a hard time getting traction on this problem.
>
> Thanks,
> C. Helck
>
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