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Pipalayan Nayak
Pipalayan Nayak

Reputation: 957

how to copy a directory in ant

Say I have directory structure like this:

base_dir1/src_dir

base_dir2/dest_dir

How do I copy src_dir(folder + contents) into dest_dir.

If I use copy task like this:

<copy todir="base_dir2/dest_dir">
    <fileset dir="base_dir1/src_dir"/>
</copy>

It will copy all the contents of src_dir into dest_dir, but will not create a src_dir folder inside dest_dir.

I can make it work by using the copy task like this:

<copy todir="base_dir2/dest_dir">
    <fileset dir="base_dir1">
      <include name="src_dir/"/>
    </fileset>
</copy>

Is this the correct way or is there a better way to do it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 133

Answers (1)

Raghuram
Raghuram

Reputation: 52665

Alternately, you could do this.

<copy todir="base_dir2/dest_dir/src_dir">
    <fileset dir="base_dir1/src_dir"/>
</copy>

The folder (or part of the folder) specified by todir need not exist.

<fileset> refers to contents of the specified folder (excluding it).

Upvotes: 1

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