It should. I consider this a bug, but I'll defer to the developers...

Frank Russo
Senior Developer
FX Alliance, LLC

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> Subject: RE: including empty directories in a war build
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> Dear all,
>    Maven war plugin doesn't copy empty folder to .war file.
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> Ah, I misunderstood you. I thought you already had the folder 
> but the war plugin was skipping the empty dirs. Glad you got 
> it working.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Russo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 4:39 PM
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> Subject: RE: including empty directories in a war build
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> 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>
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> Alternate solutions are welcome...
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> Frank Russo
> Senior Developer
> FX Alliance, LLC
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> > -----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
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> >
> > 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
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> > 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
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> > > > >
> > > > > 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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