Getting error while running cucumber test from Maven

[Vinoth Kannan]

Hi,

i am getting the below error while running the cucumber test through maven. i know its a maven error, but please help me out in this as i dont find any other better place to get a answer.

C:\Users\vinothkannan>mvn test Dcucumber.options="--tags @SmokeTest"

[INFO] Scanning for projects...

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] BUILD FAILURE

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[INFO] Total time: 0.067 s

[INFO] Finished at: 2016-09-14T21:28:36+05:30

[INFO] Final Memory: 5M/245M

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ERROR] The goal you specified requires a project to execute but there is no POM

 in this directory (C:\Users\vinothkannan). Please verify you invoked Maven from

 the correct directory. -> [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/MissingProject

Exception

Thanks,

Vinoth

[Paolo Ambrosio]

"C:\Users\vinothkannan" -> "Please verify you invoked Maven from the
correct directory"

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[Vinoth Kannan]

How can I check that, I am new to this

[Paolo Ambrosio]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 7:27 PM, Vinoth Kannan
<vinothk...@gmail.com> wrote:

> How can I check that, I am new to this

If you don't know how an Apache Maven project is defined, you should
read its user manual instead of asking an unrelated question on
another mailing list.

You wrote that you don't know a better place to get an answer. Google
is usually the best place to look for answers to most questions:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+run+maven+project&l=1


Paolo