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.

def filesToCopy = copySpec{     from 'somefile.jar'     rename {String fileName -> 'anotherfile.jar'} }  task copyFile(type:Copy) {     with filesToCopy  {       into 'dest1/'     }     with filesToCopy  {       into 'dest2/'     } } 

ERROR

No signature of method: org.gradle.api.internal.file.copy.CopySpecImpl.call() is applicable for argument types

Is there a way to copy to multiple destinations in one Gradle 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     }   } }