mvn clean package, I want to copy the created jar to the current directory

maven

Solution

If by current directory you mean `${project.basedir}` then yes you can do this easily. Just make sure you use `${build.finalName}.jar` as the file name part as it will properly get the main artifact of a project with `<packaging>` set to `jar` (the default).

    <execution>
      <id>copy-resources</id>
         <!-- here the phase you need -->
      <phase>validate</phase>
      <goals>
        <goal>copy-resources</goal>
      </goals>
      <configuration>
      <outputDirectory>${project.basedir}</outputDirectory>
      <resources>
        <resource>
          <!-- Get main artifact -->
          <directory>target/${build.finalName}.jar</directory>
          <!-- Don't filter binary files -->
          <filtering>false</filtering>
        </resource>
      </resources>
      </configuration>
    </execution>

If you wanted to do the current working directory instead you should be able to do it using `${user.dir}` as the `outputDirectory`

Problem

I want to update my pom.xml so that when someone uses: mvn clean package, the generated jar file is copied to the current directory. I'm looking at the maven plugin copy-resources, but i'm not sure how to specify the current directory, is there an operating system agnostic way to do this? Would like it to also work on windows, if possible ``` <plugin> <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.4.3</version> <executions> <execution> <id>copy-resources</id> <!-- here the phase you need --> <phase>validate</phase> <goals> <goal>copy-resources</goal> </goals> <configuration> <outputDirectory>${basedir}</outputDirectory> <resources> <resource> <directory>target/Test-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar</directory> <filtering>true</filtering> </resource> </resources> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> ``` Thanks

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