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Apache Ant Copy Task

This task is used to copy file or resource to a new location. It copies only if the source files is newer than the destination file. We can also explicitly overwrite it by using overwrite attribute.

The todir attribute is used to set the destination path. This task uses various attributes which are given below.

Apache Ant Copy Task Attributes

Attribute	Description	Required
file	The file which is to be copied.	Yes
preservelastmodified	Preserve last modified name.	No
tofile	The file to copy to the destination file.	if the file attribute is also specified, then only todir is allowed.
todir	The destination directory name.
overwrite	Overwrite existing files even if the destination files are newer.	No
force	Overwrite read-only destination files.	No
filtering	Filter during the copy.	No

flatten Copy files by ignoring the directory structure of the source files. No includeEmptyDirs Copy empty directories. No failonerror Display error message if copy is failed. No quiet If true and failonerror is false, then do not log a warning message. No verbose It logs the files that are being copied. No encoding Encoding for copying file. No outputencoding Display the encoding to be used. No