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  Usage
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  Allan Ramirez
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  July 2006
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Usage

  The RAR plugin is bound to the <<<package>>> phase of the build lifecycle.
  To be able to generate the RAR as part of the lifecycle, the plugin should
  be declared at the \<build\> section of the pom.

+---+
<project>
  [...]
    <build>
      <plugins>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-rar-plugin</artifactId>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>test</id>
            <goals>
              <goal>rar</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <!-- your configuration here -->
            </configuration>
        </execution>
      </plugins>
    </build>
  [...]
</project>
+---+

  then invoke the <<<package>>> phase.

+---+
mvn package
+---+

  Another way to execute the plugin is to call the <<<rar:rar>>> goal.

+---+
mvn rar:rar
+---+

  By default, the generated archive(RAR) can be located at the project's target 
  directory.