Avoid redefining variables that are (or might be) defined by maven
itself.
Use something like:
<properties>
<my.build.directory>C:/builds</my.build.directory>
</properties>
instead.
HTH, -Olivier
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 16:13 +0530, amit kumar wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to create a variable that can take a value of directory path on the
> system and that variable can be read by children projects of the project. I
> tried with
> <properties>
> <build.directory>C:\builds</build.directory>
> </properties>
>
> but problem with this is that ${build.directory} seems to be taken as
> ${basedir}/${build.directory} which ultimately throws an error since the
> C:\builds is not in the ${basedir}. Any clues?
>
> The reason for having having the value in the variable is because I am
> trying to put all the builds of a project in a dynamic folder named with
> that particular day's date.
>
>
> Regards,
> Amit
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