title: Please verify you invoked Maven from the correct directory
body: <p>I have installed maven :</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Windows\System32&gt;mvn --version
  Apache Maven 3.3.3 (7994120775791599e405a7528ec3e0dke21dja06; 2015-04-22T13:57:3
  7+02:00)
  Maven home: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\apache-maven-3.3.3
  Java version: 1.7.0_51, vendor: Oracle Corporation
  Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_51\jre
  Default locale: de_DE, platform encoding: Cp1252
  OS name: "windows 8", version: "6.2", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am trying to generate  Jersey glassfish project with the aid of maven prompt but when I type the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>D:\maven&gt;mvn archetype:generate  -DarchetypeGroupId=org.glassfish.jersey.archety
  pes -DinteractiveMode=false \ -DarchetypeVersion=2.17
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am getting this error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The goal you specified requires a project to execute but there is no POM
     in this directory (D:\maven). Please verify you invoked Maven from the correct
    directory. -> [Help 1]</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I dont understand the error: Which project is required here since I am trying to generate one? And how should I create the pom.xml file? I thought it is created by the project generation.</p>
  
  <p>I appreciate any help.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit</strong> when I type it without <code>\</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>D:\maven&gt;mvn archetype:generate  -DarchetypeGroupId=org.glassfish.jersey.archety
  pes  -DinteractiveMode=false -DarchetypeVersion=2.17
  [INFO] Scanning for projects...
  [INFO]
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO] Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO]
  [INFO] &gt;&gt;&gt; maven-archetype-plugin:2.3:generate (default-cli) &gt; generate-sources
  @ standalone-pom &gt;&gt;&gt;
  [INFO]
  [INFO] &lt;&lt;&lt; maven-archetype-plugin:2.3:generate (default-cli) &lt; generate-sources
  @ standalone-pom &lt;&lt;&lt;
  [INFO]
  [INFO] --- maven-archetype-plugin:2.3:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom --
  -
  [INFO] Generating project in Batch mode
  [INFO] No archetype defined. Using maven-archetype-quickstart (org.glassfish.jer
  sey.archetypes:maven-archetype-quickstart:2.17)
  Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/glassfish/jersey/archetype
  s/maven-archetype-quickstart/2.17/maven-archetype-quickstart-2.17.jar
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO] BUILD FAILURE
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO] Total time: 10.542 s
  [INFO] Finished at: 2015-05-12T16:39:51+02:00
  [INFO] Final Memory: 17M/152M
  [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2
  .3:generate (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: The desired archetype does
  not exist (org.glassfish.jersey.archetypes:maven-archetype-quickstart:2.17) -&gt; [
  Help 1]
  [ERROR]
  [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e swit
  ch.
  [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
  [ERROR]
  [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please rea
  d the following articles:
  [ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureExc
  eption
  
  D:\maven&gt;
  </code></pre>