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directoryCopy

Copies the contents of a directory to a destination directory

directoryCopy(source, destination [, recurse][, filter])
returns void

Argument Reference

Name Type Required Default Description
source string Yes   Absolute pathname of directory from which you copy content.
destination string Yes   Path of the destination directory. If not an absolute path, it is relative to the source directory.
recurse boolean No false If true, copies the subdirectories, otherwise only the files in the source directory.
filter any No   File extension filter applied, for example, .cfm. Filter to be used to filter the data copied: - A string that uses “” as a wildcard, for example, “*.cfm” - a UDF (User defined Function) using the following pattern “functioname(String path):boolean”, the function is run for every single file, if the function returns true, then the file is will be added to the list otherwise it will be omitted.
createPath boolean No true Lucee4.5+ If set to false, expects all parent directories to exist. If set to true, it will generate necessary directories.

Simple DirectoryCopy Example

Copy directory from one place to another.

directoryCopy(expandPath("./mySourceDirectory"),expandPath("../MyDestinationDirectory"))