Copy()
Copies files into a destination directory. This task can also rename and filter files as it copies. The task implements org.gradle.api.file.CopySpec for specifying what to copy.
Examples:
task copyDocs(type: Copy) { from 'src/main/doc' into 'build/target/doc' } //for Ant filter import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens //for including in the copy task def dataContent = copySpec { from 'src/data' include '*.data' } task initConfig(type: Copy) { from('src/main/config') { include '**/*.properties' include '**/*.xml' filter(ReplaceTokens, tokens: [version: '2.3.1']) } from('src/main/config') { exclude '**/*.properties', '**/*.xml' } from('src/main/languages') { rename 'EN_US_(.*)', '$1' } into 'build/target/config' exclude '**/*.bak' includeEmptyDirs = false with dataContent }