where to place the public directory for play framework after using the dist command
<p>I am using the 'dist' command with play framework v2.5.  However, when I unzip the file, it does not create the public directory.  I have the following directories:
bin, conf, lib, logs and share (contains doc).  </p>

<p>Where should I place the public directory whereby this would work exactly like it does with the play framework (not having run the dist command) i.e. I can place static assets in the public directory and have them served from there (I do not wish to use a CDN for this purpose as of now).</p>

<p>I would ideally like the dist command to take care of it (as opposed to manually creating directories).  Will the static route serve images from the public directory or do I need to write my own controller to serve these static assets?  </p>