Method: FileUtils.copy_entry

Defined in:
lib/fileutils.rb

.copy_entry(src, dest, preserve = false, dereference_root = false, remove_destination = false) ⇒ Object

Recursively copies files from src to dest.

Arguments src and dest should be interpretable as paths.

If src is the path to a file, copies src to dest:

FileUtils.touch('src0.txt')
File.exist?('dest0.txt') # => false
FileUtils.copy_entry('src0.txt', 'dest0.txt')
File.file?('dest0.txt')  # => true

If src is a directory, recursively copies src to dest:

tree('src1')
# => src1
#    |-- dir0
#    |   |-- src0.txt
#    |   `-- src1.txt
#    `-- dir1
#        |-- src2.txt
#        `-- src3.txt
FileUtils.copy_entry('src1', 'dest1')
tree('dest1')
# => dest1
#    |-- dir0
#    |   |-- src0.txt
#    |   `-- src1.txt
#    `-- dir1
#        |-- src2.txt
#        `-- src3.txt

The recursive copying preserves file types for regular files, directories, and symbolic links; other file types (FIFO streams, device files, etc.) are not supported.

Keyword arguments:

  • dereference_root: true - if src is a symbolic link, follows the link.

  • preserve: true - preserves file times.

  • remove_destination: true - removes dest before copying files.

Related: methods for copying.


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# File 'lib/fileutils.rb', line 1041

def copy_entry(src, dest, preserve = false, dereference_root = false, remove_destination = false)
  if dereference_root
    src = File.realpath(src)
  end

  Entry_.new(src, nil, false).wrap_traverse(proc do |ent|
    destent = Entry_.new(dest, ent.rel, false)
    File.unlink destent.path if remove_destination && (File.file?(destent.path) || File.symlink?(destent.path))
    ent.copy destent.path
  end, proc do |ent|
    destent = Entry_.new(dest, ent.rel, false)
    ent.copy_metadata destent.path if preserve
  end)
end