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

an alternative way

task myCustomTask << {

    copy {
        from 'sourcePath/folderA'
        into 'targetPath/folderA'
    }

    copy {
        from 'sourcePath/folderB'
        into 'targetPath/folderB'
    }

    copy {
        from 'sourcePath/fileA.java','sourcePath/fileB.java'
        into 'targetPath/folderC'
    }
}