recursive-copy

Simple, flexible file copy utility

Features

Recursively copy whole directory hierarchies
Choose which files are copied by passing a filter function, regular expression or glob
Rename files dynamically, including changing the output path
Transform file contents using streams
Choose whether to overwrite existing files
Choose whether to copy system files
Filters out junk files by default
Uses graceful-fs and mkdirp to avoid filesystem errors
Emits start, finish and error events for each file that is processed
Optional promise-based interface

Examples

Node-style callback interface

var copy = require('recursive-copy');

copy('src', 'dest', function(error, results) {
	if (error) {
		console.error('Copy failed: ' + error);
	} else {
		console.info('Copied ' + results.length + ' files');
	}
});

Promise interface

var copy = require('recursive-copy');

copy('src', 'dest')
	.then(function(results) {
		console.info('Copied ' + results.length + ' files');
	})
	.catch(function(error) {
		console.error('Copy failed: ' + error);
	});

ES2015+ usage

import copy from 'recursive-copy';

try {
	const results = await copy('src', 'dest');
	console.info('Copied ' + results.length + ' files');
} catch (error) {
	console.error('Copy failed: ' + error);
}

Advanced options

var copy = require('recursive-copy');

var path = require('path');
var through = require('through2');

var options = {
	overwrite: true,
	expand: true,
	dot: true,
	junk: true,
	filter: [
		'**/*',
		'!.htpasswd'
	],
	rename: function(filePath) {
		return filePath + '.orig';
	},
	transform: function(src, dest, stats) {
		if (path.extname(src) !== '.txt') { return null; }
		return through(function(chunk, enc, done)  {
			var output = chunk.toString().toUpperCase();
			done(null, output);
		});
	}
};

copy('src', 'dest', options)
	.on(copy.events.COPY_FILE_START, function(copyOperation) {
		console.info('Copying file ' + copyOperation.src + '...');
	})
	.on(copy.events.COPY_FILE_COMPLETE, function(copyOperation) {
		console.info('Copied to ' + copyOperation.dest);
	})
	.on(copy.events.ERROR, function(error, copyOperation) {
		console.error('Unable to copy ' + copyOperation.dest);
	})
	.then(function(results) {
		console.info(results.length + ' file(s) copied');
	})
	.catch(function(error) {
		return console.error('Copy failed: ' + error);
	});

Usage

`copy(src, dest, [options], [callback])`

Recursively copy files and folders from src to dest

Arguments:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
`src`	`string`	Yes	N/A	Source file/folder path
`dest`	`string`	Yes	N/A	Destination file/folder path
`options.overwrite`	`boolean`	No	`false`	Whether to overwrite destination files
`options.expand`	`boolean`	No	`false`	Whether to expand symbolic links
`options.dot`	`boolean`	No	`false`	Whether to copy files beginning with a `.`
`options.junk`	`boolean`	No	`false`	Whether to copy OS junk files (e.g. `.DS_Store`, `Thumbs.db`)
`options.filter`	`function`, `RegExp`, `string`, `array`	No	`null`	Filter function / regular expression / glob that determines which files to copy (uses maximatch)
`options.rename`	`function`	No	`null`	Function that maps source paths to destination paths
`options.transform`	`function`	No	`null`	Function that returns a transform stream used to modify file contents
`options.results`	`boolean`	No	`true`	Whether to return an array of copy results
`options.concurrency`	`number`	No	`255`	Maximum number of simultaneous copy operations
`options.debug`	`boolean`	No	`false`	Whether to log debug information
`callback`	`function`	No	`null`	Callback, invoked on success/failure

Returns:

Promise<Array> Promise, fulfilled with array of copy results:

[
	{
		"src": "/path/to/src",
		"dest": "/path/to/dest",
		"stats": <Stats>
	},
	{
		"src": "/path/to/src/file.txt",
		"dest": "/path/to/dest/file.txt",
		"stats": <Stats>
	},
	{
		"src": "/path/to/src/subfolder",
		"dest": "/path/to/dest/subfolder",
		"stats": <Stats>
	},
	{
		"src": "/path/to/src/subfolder/nested.txt",
		"dest": "/path/to/dest/subfolder/nested.txt",
		"stats": <Stats>
	}
]

Events

The value returned by the copy function implements the EventEmitter interface, and emits the following events:

Event	Handler signature
`copy.events.ERROR`	`function(error, ErrorInfo)`
`copy.events.COMPLETE`	`function(Array<CopyOperation>)`
`copy.events.CREATE_DIRECTORY_START`	`function(CopyOperation)`
`copy.events.CREATE_DIRECTORY_ERROR`	`function(error, CopyOperation)`
`copy.events.CREATE_DIRECTORY_COMPLETE`	`function(CopyOperation)`
`copy.events.CREATE_SYMLINK_START`	`function(CopyOperation)`
`copy.events.CREATE_SYMLINK_ERROR`	`function(error, CopyOperation)`
`copy.events.CREATE_SYMLINK_COMPLETE`	`function(CopyOperation)`
`copy.events.COPY_FILE_START`	`function(CopyOperation)`
`copy.events.COPY_FILE_ERROR`	`function(error, CopyOperation)`
`copy.events.COPY_FILE_COMPLETE`	`function(CopyOperation)`

...where the types referred to in the handler signature are as follows:

`ErrorInfo`

Property	Type	Description
`src`	`string`	Source path of the file/folder/symlink that failed to copy
`dest`	`string`	Destination path of the file/folder/symlink that failed to copy

`CopyOperation`

Property	Type	Description
`src`	`string`	Source path of the relevant file/folder/symlink
`dest`	`string`	Destination path of the relevant file/folder/symlink
`stats`	`fs.Stats`	Stats for the relevant file/folder/symlink

Current Tags

2.0.14 ... latest (3 years ago)