NPM Install -- copying Files to other folder

Question

It's possible to install a node module in which, It's copy file other folder, like etc.

I mean my app has

app.js
conf/config.json

npm install app -g 

conf/config.json--> /etc/app/config.json

Answer 1

If you have non trivial tasks to implement, you can benefit from a task framework like Grunt or Gulp. These are used mostly to automate builds which is basically a non trivial set of file operations.

For simple, one off copies the copyfiles module could be your best friend.