How do I write a yocto/bitbake recipe to copy a directory to the target root file system

Question

I have a directory of \'binary\' (i.e. not to be compiled) files and just want them to be installed onto my target root file system.

I have looked at several articles,

Answer 1

I think it did not work for you becuase you forgot to add mode value, after "install -m",

see man page of install command: https://linux.die.net/man/1/install

install -m [mode] src destination