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Maven Deploy plugin to create SYMLINK

Maven 3.0.0 deploy files at a server with timestamp attached to it. I need to wget the latest version artifact from the server without refering the maven-metadata.xml. Is there any way to create the symlink using maven deploy.

Command used to deploy file to server-

mvn -B deploy:deploy-file -DpomFile=pom.xml -Dpackaging=zip -Dfile=my_file.zip -Durl="https://some_server" -DrepositoryId="some_id"

e.g. I uploaded a zip at loc https://some_server/

Now my uploaded zip name became my_file_20211102.062936-9.zip

I want a common name e.x my_file_latest.zip to refer to the latest uploaded zip, so that I can use

wget https://some_server/my_file_latest.zip

to download the latest version.

Solution

  • Resolved the issue using mvn:get dependency. It will always download latest version.