The outputDirectory parameter can be used to change the directory in the assembly to which the files are output: this should do what you need:
<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd"> <id>bin</id> <formats> <format>zip</format> </formats> <fileSets> <fileSet> <directory>${project.basedir}/ScriptedBuild/rConnect/extract/</directory> <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes> <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory> </fileSet> </fileSets> </assembly>
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