Use maven antrun plugin to create directory in target folder

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How to use maven antrun plugin to create directory in target folder

Creating a directory in maven target folder can be achieved by using “maven-antrun-plugin”.

This plugin keeps the deletion or creation of directory platform independent.

This plugin usage example is also present on below maven site maven-antrun-plugin usage

An example of same:

<build>
 <plugins>
    <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>1.7</version>
  <executions>
     <execution>
         <id>tempFolder</id>
         <phase>generate-test-resources</phase>
         <configuration>
             <tasks>
                 <echo message="Creating temporary directory"/>
                 <delete dir="./target/temp"/>
                 <mkdir dir="./target/temp"/>
             </tasks>
         </configuration>
         <goals>
             <goal>run</goal>
         </goals>
     </execution>
  </executions>
    </plugin>
 </plugins>
</build>

<build>
 <plugins>
    <plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.0.0</version>
  <executions>
     <execution>
         <id>tempFolder</id>
         <phase>generate-test-resources</phase>
         <configuration>
             <target>
                 <echo message="Creating temporary directory"/>
                 <delete dir="./target/temp"/>
                 <mkdir dir="./target/temp"/>
             </target>
         </configuration>
         <goals>
             <goal>run</goal>
         </goals>
     </execution>
  </executions>
    </plugin>
 </plugins>
</build>

We can change the phase of directory creation.

The phases can be found documented @ below maven site under “Default Lifecycle”.

introduction-to-the-lifecycle

You can get this plugin latest version at maven central using the below link

maven-antrun-plugin