How to use XCopy in a build script instead of copy in Windows

Question

Earlier to deploy my dot-net project into my remote server I was using copy command in a nant build configuration file. The command is shown below.

<target name="Deploy">
    <copy  todir="${path.to.the.directory}" overwrite="true">
        <fileset basedir="${Bin.Path}">
            <include name="*.*" />          
        </fileset>
    </copy>
</target>

Now as my project grew I got two new folders inside my $[bin.path] folder and now I cannot use copy command to copy my executable to the output folder.

What can I do?

After searching I found out I can use XCopy. But I am not getting how to integrate that into my build script similar to the one shown above.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '12 at 12:01

I wonder why you came to a conclusion that you can't use <copy> task.

If you need to include the subfolders into the copy set, change your NAnt script to this:

<target name="Deploy">
    <copy  todir="${path.to.the.directory}" overwrite="true">
        <fileset basedir="${Bin.Path}">
            <include name="**\*.*" />          
        </fileset>
    </copy>
</target>

If you don't want to keep the folder structure in the target directory, you can use flatten attribute of <copy> task:

<target name="Deploy">
    <copy  todir="${path.to.the.directory}" overwrite="true" flatten="true">
        <fileset basedir="${Bin.Path}">
            <include name="**\*.*" />          
        </fileset>
    </copy>
</target>

Hope this helps.

How to use XCopy in a build script instead of copy in Windows

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