copy

Description

A Copy job. Copy either:

A file from one name to another.
A file or files or directories to a different directory.
An input (from another job) to a file.
A file to an output.
An input to an output.

Properties

Name	Description	Required
name	A name, can be any text.	No.
from	The from file.	Yes unless input supplied.
to	The from file.	Yes unless output supplied.
input	An input.	Yes unless from supplied.
output	The output.	Yes unless to supplied.

Example

 <copy to="foo/ba.txt">
  <from>
   <file file="fu/bar.txt"/>
  </from> 
 </copy>

Copy from a file to a buffer.

 <sequential>
  <jobs>
   <variables id="v">
    <buff>
     <buffer/>
    </buff>
   </variables>
   <copy id="copy" 
            name="Copy from a file to a buffer">
     <from>
      <file file="some.txt"/>
     </from>
     <output>
       <value value="${v.buff}"/>
     </output>
   </copy>
   <echo name="What's in the file?" text="${v.buff}"/>
  </jobs>
 </sequential>