# Custom lib directory in War plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/custom-lib-directory-in-war-plugin/3387>\
**Category:** Old Forum Archive\
**Created:** [September 4, 2012, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/custom-lib-directory-in-war-plugin/3387 "2012-09-04T09:28:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dominik\_Franke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Dominik\_Franke](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Dominik_Franke)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/custom-lib-directory-in-war-plugin/3387/1 "2012-09-04T09:28:00Z")

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I need to copy the war dependencies in a different directory than WEB-INF\lib.

Is it possible to change die lib directory in the war plugin as in the ear plugin?

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**Author:** ![Dominik\_Franke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Dominik\_Franke](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Dominik_Franke)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/custom-lib-directory-in-war-plugin/3387/2 "2012-09-04T10:53:00Z")

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Found a solution

`
into(‘download’) {
from { configurations.libs}
from { configurations.compile}
} </code`