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Copy all files from directory to another with Grunt.js copy

rated 0 times [ 44] [ 2] / answers: 1 / hits: 85001 / 11 Years ago, mon, september 23, 2013, 12:00:00

I'm trying to copy all the files in a directory to another directory as part of my build process. It works fine for individual files that I specify explicitly but when I try to copy the whole directory it does weird things like copies the full directory structure (or nothing at all). Here is the relevant part from my GruntFile.js:

copy: {

  myvoice: {

    files: [

      { src:src/html/index.html, dest:dist/myvoice/index.html },

      { src:src/html/css/style.css, dest:dist/myvoice/css/style.css },

      { src:src/html/js/require.js, dest:dist/myvoice/js/require.js },

      { src:build/myvoice/main.js, dest:dist/myvoice/js/main.js },

      { src:src/html/css/fonts/*, dest:dist/myvoice/css/fonts/ }

    ]

  }

},

Specifically it's the last line that I can't get to work:

      { src:src/html/css/fonts/*, dest:dist/myvoice/css/fonts/ }

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answered 11 Years ago pranavrorys · Accepted Answer

The flatten: true option as in this answer might work for some cases, but it seems to me that the more common requirement (as in my case) is to copy a folder and its sub-folder structure, as-is, to dest. It seems that in most cases if you have sub-folders, they are probably being referenced that way in code. The key to doing this is the cwd option, which will preserve folder structure relative to the specified working directory:

copy: {

  files: {

    cwd: 'path/to/files',  // set working folder / root to copy

    src: '**/*',           // copy all files and subfolders

    dest: 'dist/files',    // destination folder

    expand: true           // required when using cwd

  }

}