directoryCopy

Copies the contents of a directory to a destination directory

directoryCopy(source, destination [, recurse][, filter]) → returns void

Argument Reference

source string
Required

Absolute pathname of directory from which you copy content.

destination string
Required

Path of the destination directory. If not an absolute path, it is relative to the source directory.

recurse boolean
Default: `false`

If true, copies the subdirectories, otherwise only the files in the source directory.

filter any

File extension filter applied, for example, *.cfm. Filter to be used to filter the data copied: - A string that uses "*" as a wildcard, for example, "*.cfm" - a UDF (User defined Function) using the following pattern "functioname(String path):boolean", the function is run for every single file, if the function returns true, then the file is will be added to the list otherwise it will be omitted.

createPath boolean
Default: `true`

Lucee 4.5+ If set to false, expects all parent directories to exist. If set to true, it will generate necessary directories.

Examples

Sample code invoking the directoryCopy function

Simple DirectoryCopy Example

Copy directory from one place to another.

directoryCopy(expandPath("./mySourceDirectory"),expandPath("../MyDestinationDirectory"))

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directoryCopy

Argument Reference

source string Required

destination string Required

recurse boolean Default: false

filter any

createPath boolean Default: true

Examples Add An Example Sample code invoking the directoryCopy function

Simple DirectoryCopy Example

source string
Required

destination string
Required

recurse boolean
Default: `false`

createPath boolean
Default: `true`

Examples
Sample code invoking the directoryCopy function