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

With a Common Destination Base Path

If your destination paths share a common path prefix (dest_base), then you can use something like this:

def filesToCopy = copySpec {
    from 'somefile.jar'
    rename { String fileName -> 'anotherfile.jar' }
}

task copyFile(type: Copy) {
    into 'dest_base'
    into('dest1') {
      with filesToCopy
    }
    into('dest2') {
      with filesToCopy
    }
}

Compared to other answers which use the copy method, this approach also retains Gradle’s UP-TO-DATE checks.

The above snippet would result in output like this:

dest_base/
├── dest1
│   └── anotherfile.jar
└── dest2
    └── anotherfile.jar