Maven delete external files

file-io, maven

Solution

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.4.1</version>
    <configuration>
        <followSymLinks>false</followSymLinks>
        <filesets>
            <fileset>
            <directory>D:\apache-tomcat-6.0.24\webapps\cat360-web-1.0.0</directory>
            </fileset>
        </filesets>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Problem

I am using Eclipse/maven plugin. I want to delete external file with aboslute path, i have following example but it claims to delete only relative files which resides inside the project ``` <plugin> <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.4.1</version> <configuration> <filesets> <fileset> <directory>some/relative/path</directory> <includes> <include>**/*.tmp</include> <include>**/*.log</include> </includes> <excludes> <exclude>**/important.log</exclude> <exclude>**/another-important.log</exclude> </excludes> <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks> </fileset> </filesets> </configuration> </plugin> ```

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