This task has been deprecated. Use the Copy task instead.
Copies a directory tree from the source to the destination.
It is possible to refine the set of files that are being copied. This can be done with the includes, includesfile, excludes, excludesfile and defaultexcludes attributes. With the includes or includesfile attribute you specify the files you want to have included by using patterns. The exclude or excludesfile attribute is used to specify the files you want to have excluded. This is also done with patterns. And finally with the defaultexcludes attribute, you can specify whether you want to use default exclusions or not. See the section on directory based tasks, on how the inclusion/exclusion of files works, and how to write patterns.
This task forms an implicit FileSet and supports most
attributes of <fileset> (dir becomes src) as well as the
nested <include>, <exclude>
and <patternset> elements.
| Attribute | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| src | the directory to copy. | Yes |
| dest | the directory to copy to. | Yes |
| includes | comma- or space-separated list of patterns of files that must be included. | No; defaults to all (**) |
| includesfile | name of a file. Each line of this file is taken to be an include pattern | No |
| excludes | comma- or space-separated list of patterns of files that must be excluded. | No; defaults to default excludes or none if defaultexcludes is no |
| excludesfile | name of a file. Each line of this file is taken to be an exclude pattern | No |
| defaultexcludes | indicates whether default excludes should be used or not (yes|no). |
No; defaults to yes |
| filtering | indicates whether token filtering should take place during the copy | No; default is false |
| flatten | ignore directory structure of source directory, copy all files into a single directory,
specified by the dest attribute. |
No; default is false |
| forceoverwrite | overwrite existing files even if the destination files are newer. | No; default is false |
Copy the directory ${src}/resources to ${dist}.
<copydir src="${src}/resources"
dest="${dist}"/>
Copy the directory ${src}/resources to ${dist} recursively. All .java files are copied, except for files with the name Test.java.
<copydir src="${src}/resources"
dest="${dist}"
includes="**/*.java"
excludes="**/Test.java"/>
Copy the directory ${src}/resources to ${dist} recursively. All .java files are copied, except for the files under the mypackage/test directory.
<copydir src="${src}/resources"
dest="${dist}"
includes="**/*.java"
excludes="mypackage/test/**"/>