Maven exec plugin- how to include “system” classpath?

Question

I have a project that uses \"system\" scope to specify a jar file included in my project\'s WEB-INF/lib dir. This artifact is not in any of the maven repositori

Answer 1

Use 'compile' scope to run maven exec plugin - mvn exec:java -Dexec.classpathScope=compile. This will include system-scoped dependencies.