How to copy files in Groovy

Question

I need to copy a file in Groovy and saw some ways to achieve it on the web:

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new AntBuilder().copy( file:\"$sourceFile.canonicalPath\", 
                  


        

Answer 1

If you have Java 7, I would definitely go with

Path source = ...
Path target = ...
Files.copy(source, target)

With the java.nio.file.Path class, it can work with symbolic and hard links. From java.nio.file.Files:

This class consists exclusively of static methods that operate on files, directories, or other types of files. In most cases, the methods defined here will delegate to the associated file system provider to perform the file operations.

Just as references:

Copy files from one folder to another with Groovy

http://groovyconsole.appspot.com/view.groovy?id=8001

My second option would be the ant task with AntBuilder.