How to copy to multiple destinations with Gradle copy task?

Question

I am trying to copy one file to multiple destinations through a Gradle task. I found the following in other websites but I get an ERROR while running this task.

Answer 1

If you really want them in one task, you do something like this:

def filesToCopy = copySpec {
  from 'someFile.jar'
  rename { 'anotherfile.jar' }
}

task copyFiles << {
  ['dest1', 'dest2'].each { dest ->
    copy {
      with filesToCopy
      into dest
    }
  }
}