Unable to use regex in copy task

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When I try to execute a copy task using regex, the task fails with the below mentioned exception. When ever I use ‘*’ in my file paths in from / include / into statements, the script fails with the same exception.

Is there any import statement or dependency that I need to use ?

task copyPropertiesFile ( type : Copy )

{

from(‘src/main/java/org/hello/*.properties’)

into(‘build/resources/main/org/hello/’) }

  • Exception is: org.gradle.api.UncheckedIOException: Could not normalize path for file ‘D:\tools\gradle-.6\samples\java\qucikstart_regex\src\main\java\org\hello*.properties’.

at org.gradle.api.internal.file.AbstractFileResolver.normalise(AbstractF ileResolver.java:134)

at org.gradle.api.internal.file.AbstractFileResolver.resolve(AbstractFil eResolver.java:75)

at org.gradle.api.internal.file.AbstractFileResolver.resolve(AbstractFil eResolver.java:56)

2

You can’t use wildcards in ‘from’, but only in ‘include’ or ‘exclude’. For example:

...
from('src/main/java/org/hello') {
    include '*.properties'
}
...
3

About your question:

A regex expression in the from statement is not supported by gradle.

Instead you can use includes/excludes for that

task copyPropertiesFile (type: Copy ){
 from('src/main/java/org/hello'){
  include '**/*.properties'
 }
  into('build/resources/main/org/hello/')
}