How to get the actual output file name from maven
ant, maven
Solution
There is no way to do that reliably. For example, a POM can have several artifacts as result (binary JAR, sources JAR, test binary JAR, test sources JAR). Which one of them is the correct one to copy?
Possible solutions:
- Replace `${project.packaging}` with `jar`. Should work in most cases.
- Use a file set instead of a hard coded file name to let Ant figure out the names based on patterns.
Problem
I try to configure the maven ant plugin to copy the built artifact to a custom location: ``` <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <phase>install</phase> <goals> <goal>run</goal> </goals> <configuration> <tasks> <copy verbose="true" file="target/${project.build.finalName}.${project.packaging}" tofile="${user.home}/tmp/test/${project.build.finalName}.${project.packaging}"/> </tasks> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> ``` This works fine, as long as the packaging is one of the standard ones... but if the packaging of the project is "bundle" (which generates a .jar), then the ${project.packaging} variable is "bundle" and the actual file ends with ".jar" = the copy fails. How can I get the "real" name of the file that is put into the output directory?