I have some problems copying files with Maven. I use the antrun plugin in this manner: (I want to copy the file jdk1.5.0_22.tgz to a temporary folder) And it works fine. Now I make a small change to be independent from the jdk file version: (I only change jdk1.5.0_22.tgz to jdk*.*) In this case I have the following error: [exec]