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Description

Copy a file or fileset to a new file or directory. Files are only copied if the source file is newer than the destination file, or when the destination file does not exist.

Parameters

file
Description: File to be copied

Domain: Valid filename pointing to existing file

Default: -

to_file
Description: File to copy to

Domain: Valid filename

Default: -

to_directory
Description: Directory to which file(s) should be copied to

Domain: Valid directoryname pointing to existing directory

Default: -

RNG Specification

  <define name="copy">
    <element name="copy">
      <ref name="dir_if_unless"/>
        <choice>
          <group>
            <attribute name="file"/>
            <attribute name="to_file"/>
          </group>
          <group>
            <attribute name="file"/>
            <attribute name="to_directory"/>
          </group>
          <group>
            <attribute name="to_directory"/>
            <ref name="fileset"/>
          </group>
        </choice>
      <optional>
        <attribute name="force">
          <!-- runtime evaluation
          <choice>
            <value>true</value>
            <value>false</value>
          </choice>
          -->
        </attribute>
      </optional>
    </element>
  </define>

	

Examples

  <copy file="readme.txt" to_file="readme1.txt"/>
  
  <copy file="readme.txt" to_directory="/tmp"/>

  <copy to_directory="/tmp">
    <fileset directory="kernel" include="@(**/*.ge)"/>
  </copy>

	



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