I got it working using the antrun plugin as follows (not sure if the
best way, but it was the only way it worked):
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>compile</phase>
<configuration>
<tasks>
<mkdir
dir="target/fxalladmin/WEB-INF/bigbrother"/>
</tasks>
</configuration>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
Alternate solutions are welcome...
Frank Russo
Senior Developer
FX Alliance, LLC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian E. Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 4:10 PM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: RE: including empty directories in a war build
>
>
> Bummer. I'm not sure how that would work without code changes then.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Russo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:50 PM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: RE: including empty directories in a war build
>
> I see where you meant. The includes element is for
> configuring a resource. By doing that, if I could get it to
> work, that would automatically put it in web-inf/classes. All
> resources go into the web-inf/classes directory. I need it to
> go in web-inf.
>
> Also, I tried a bunch of combinations with the includes just
> to see if it would copy the empty folder, but it didn't work...
>
> Frank Russo
> Senior Developer
> FX Alliance, LLC
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Frank Russo
> > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:15 PM
> > To: Maven Users List
> > Subject: RE: including empty directories in a war build
> >
> >
> > 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
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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