Maven and Exec: forking a process?

Question

I\'m trying to use Maven to start an application prior to running some integration tests on it. I\'m on Windows. My Maven plugin configuration looks like this:

Answer 1

Try this:

    org.codehaus.mojo
    exec-maven-plugin
    1.1
    
        
            start-my-application
            pre-integration-test
            
                exec
            
            
                call
                
                    start_application.bat
                
                ./path/to/application