this is very helpful ... mvn projecthelp:effective-pom
and start from this output to make your modifications. On Friday 23 December 2005 21:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Trying to build a WAR file from a non-standard directory structure. > projectA > - src > - Web Content > - images > - javascript > - theme > - WEB-INF > - lib > - web.xml > > Here is the relevent portion of my pom.xml file > > <build> > <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory> > <outputDirectory>Web Content/WEB-INF/classes</outputDirectory> > <finalName>ic-signon</finalName> > </build> > > When I run "mvn package" I get this error: > Embedded error: Deployment descriptor: > C:\myWorkspace\projectA\target\projectA\WEB-INF\web.xml does not exist. > and the directory structure that is built looks like this: > > - target (at the same level as the src directory above) > - projectA > - WEB-INF > - classes > - com > - foo > - bar > - foo_bar.class > - lib > - jar1.jar > - jar2.jar > > > How do I get everything under the "Web Content" directory ( the > javascript, theme, images and the WEB-XML directories) to be placed under > the "target/projectA" directory? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]