How to create directory and move WAR file using Gradle

Question

By default, Gradle puts all WAR files that it creates in build/libs when I run gradle build on a Java project. How do I instruct Gradle to create a directory called dist under build and put all WAR files in that directory (i.e. build/dist)?

Answer 1

Another approach I found:

war.destinationDir = file "$buildDir/dist"

Answer 2

I created a new task called moveWar that accomplished what I wanted:

task moveWar(type: Copy) {
    from 'build/libs'
    into 'build/dist'
}

Then I used build.finalizedBy moveWar to move the WAR file in libs to dist after the build is finished.