Do you mean for the <plugin> element in the pom? Just want to clarify where you are suggesting this.
Thanks... Frank Russo Senior Developer FX Alliance, LLC > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian E. Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 1:13 PM > To: Maven Users List > Subject: RE: including empty directories in a war build > > > Although hardly an expert, I have poked around in the war > plugin. It uses the plexus directory scanner to gen a list of > artifacts to include. This is probably why it won't find > empty folders. You may be able to override this using the > includes/excludes settings (note that currently , separated > lists don't work). (ie you could add an include to > /foldername that you wanted to keep) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Russo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 11:12 AM > To: Maven Users List > Subject: RE: including empty directories in a war build > > It's an internal existing app. People who support it, know > why it's there. A readme would just an added file to keep > around in source control. > > There has to be a way to do it without having a file. This is > very simple in ant. You just add a mkdir call to your task > prior to the war command being called... > > Frank Russo > Senior Developer > FX Alliance, LLC > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jesse McConnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 11:06 AM > > To: Maven Users List > > Subject: Re: including empty directories in a war build > > > > > > personally I would drop a README file in each directory and explain > > what that directory is doing there...it would help others > who stumble > > across the situation... > > > > just a thought.. > > > > On 12/19/05, Frank Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm creating a war file that will eventually be exploded into the > > > tomcat webapp directory. I have some shell script files that run > > > behind the scene's of my webapp. When the war is exploded, > > it needs to > > > have created a bin directory under the WEB-INF directory of the > > > webapp. I haven't been able to figure out to do this with > > Maven. I'm > > > using 2.0.1. It seems to only include directories that have files. > > > > > > Is there a way to explicitly say to create an empty directory? > > > > > > Thanks... > > > > > > Frank Russo > > > Senior Developer > > > FX Alliance, LLC > > > 900 Third Avenue, 3rd Floor > > > New York, NY 10022 > > > 646.268.9949 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > jesse mcconnell > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
