How do I eliminate certain files from my Maven WAR final build?

Hi,

I'm using Maven 3.0.4. I have some environment specific properties files (e.g. dev_hibernate.cfg.xml), all of which located in my src/main/resources directory. When building my war, I would like these environment specific files removed and so I have this in my pom.xml file …

<plugin>
				<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
				<executions>
					<execution>
						<id>PackageCopies</id>
						<phase>package</phase>
						<configuration>
							<tasks>
								<delete>
									<fileset dir="${project.build.outputDirectory}">
										<include name="**/*.xml" />
									</fileset>
								</delete>
								<delete>
									<fileset dir="${project.build.outputDirectory}">
										<include name="**/*.properties" />
									</fileset>
								</delete>
								<copy file="src/main/resources/${hibernate.cfg.xml.file}"
									tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/hibernate.cfg.xml" />
								<copy file="src/main/resources/${log4j.properties.file}"
									tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/log4j.properties" />
								<copy file="src/main/resources/${application.properties.file}"
									tofile="${project.build.outputDirectory}/application.properties" />
							</tasks>
						</configuration>
						<goals>
							<goal>run</goal>
						</goals>
					</execution>
				</executions>
			</plugin>

However, when I run "mvn clean package" the .xml and .properties files are still appearing in my WAR's WEB-INF/classes directory. Can anyone tell what is wrong with the expression above or if there is a better way to do this?

Thanks, - Dave

Can you include the <artifactId> for that plugin to make the example runnable on another machine?

I edited my question to include the artifactId.

Why are you copying the files again after deleting them???

I'm going to take a guess that the WAR file has been created during the package phase before your ant tasks are run. Perhaps try running your ant tasks in the prepare-package phase.

Winner! Thanks, -

ps - Based on the profile used, I'm copying the files from my src/main/resources directory to the WEB-INF/classes directory. However, I don't want to include the other properties files for profiles that aren't used.