How to tell maven to pick up my local jar/repositories

Convert old projects to Maven Nature with local JAR references not in Public / Private Maven Repository.

How to tell maven to pick up my local jar/repositories

Reference URL:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2448351/maven-and-native-libraries

<dependency>

<groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>

<artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>

<version>2.4-SNAPSHOT-byMe</version>

<scope>system</scope>

<systemPath>${basedir}/lib/opencsv-2.4-SNAPSHOT-byMe.jar</systemPath>

</dependency>

or

<dependency>

<groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>

<artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>

<version>2.4-SNAPSHOT-byMe</version>

<scope>system</scope>

<systemPath>${project.basedir}/lib/opencsv-2.4-SNAPSHOT-byMe.jar</systemPath>

</dependency>