Thanks, that did work, but the correct tags would be:
In the sub-project pom.
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${war.dir}</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
On 4/13/06, Wayne Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You could perhaps utilize profiles for this? Or properties in your top
> project pom.xml?
>
> <properties>
> <jar.dir>/tmp/jar</jar.dir>
> <war.dir>/tmp/war</war.dir>
> </properties>
>
> Then in subproject:
> jar/pom.xml
> <build>
> <outputDirectory>${jar.dir}</outputDirectory>
>
> I haven't tested this, just an idea. You could possibly set the
> properties on the command line too with -Djar.dir=/tmp/jar etc...
>
> Wayne
>
> On 4/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have a multi-project build.
> >
> > From the top main project I would like to override command in the
> > sub-projects.
> >
> > I have a main project, with some sub-projects, in the subproject, I have
> a
> > few wars, and jars being built.
> > In the pom for the sub-project, I tell mvn which directory to build the
> wars
> > and jars.
> > I want to build the wars and jars in a different directory sometimes.
> Can I
> > overrride the sub-project command
> > from the top main project.
> >
> > Can I do a command line override to change the sub-project output
> directory?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
