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<h2><a name="copydir">Copydir</a></h2>
<h3><i>Deprecated</i></h3>
<p><i>This task has been deprecated. Use the Copy task instead.</i></p>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Copies a directory tree from the source to the destination.</p>
<p>It is possible to refine the set of files that are being copied. This can be
done with the <i>includes</i>, <i>includesfile</i>, <i>excludes</i>, <i>excludesfile</i> and <i>defaultexcludes</i>
attributes. With the <i>includes</i> or <i>includesfile</i> attribute you specify the files you want to
have included by using patterns. The <i>exclude</i> or <i>excludesfile</i> attribute is used to specify
the files you want to have excluded. This is also done with patterns. And
finally with the <i>defaultexcludes</i> attribute, you can specify whether you
want to use default exclusions or not. See the section on <a
href="../dirtasks.html#directorybasedtasks">directory based tasks</a>, on how the
inclusion/exclusion of files works, and how to write patterns.</p>
<p>This task forms an implicit <a href="../CoreTypes/fileset.html">FileSet</a> and
supports all attributes of <code><fileset></code>
(<code>dir</code> becomes <code>src</code>) as well as the nested
<code><include></code>, <code><exclude></code> and
<code><patternset></code> elements.</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">src</td>
<td valign="top">the directory to copy.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td>
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<td valign="top">dest</td>
<td valign="top">the directory to copy to.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td>
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<td valign="top">includes</td>
<td valign="top">comma- or space-separated list of patterns of files that must be
included. All files are included when omitted.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">includesfile</td>
<td valign="top">the name of a file. Each line of this file is
taken to be an include pattern</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">excludes</td>
<td valign="top">comma- or space-separated list of patterns of files that must be
excluded. No files (except default excludes) are excluded when omitted.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">excludesfile</td>
<td valign="top">the name of a file. Each line of this file is
taken to be an exclude pattern</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">defaultexcludes</td>
<td valign="top">indicates whether default excludes should be used or not
("yes"/"no"). Default excludes are used when omitted.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">filtering</td>
<td valign="top">indicates whether token filtering should take place during
the copy</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">flatten</td>
<td valign="top">ignore directory structure of source directory,
copy all files into a single directory, specified by the <code>dest</code>
attribute (default is <code>false</code>).</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">forceoverwrite</td>
<td valign="top">overwrite existing files even if the destination
files are newer (default is false).</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
<pre> <copydir src="${src}/resources"
dest="${dist}"
/></pre>
<p>copies the directory <code>${src}/resources</code> to <code>${dist}</code>.</p>
<pre> <copydir src="${src}/resources"
dest="${dist}"
includes="**/*.java"
excludes="**/Test.java"
/></pre>
<p>copies the directory <code>${src}/resources</code> to <code>${dist}</code>
recursively. All java files are copied, except for files with the name <code>Test.java</code>.</p>
<pre> <copydir src="${src}/resources"
dest="${dist}"
includes="**/*.java"
excludes="mypackage/test/**"/></pre>
<p>copies the directory <code>${src}/resources</code> to <code>${dist}</code>
recursively. All java files are copied, except for the files under the <code>mypackage/test</code>
directory.</p>
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