I want to simply copy the file by executing xcopy command using groovy

Question

I want to copy a file whose source and destinations are stored in variables.

def  gitPath = 'C:\\demo1\\'
def  ServerPath= 'D:\\demo\\git1\\' 
def  file = 'Sports/Badminton/Players/Saina.txt'
def  command = "xcopy /y $gitPath$file $ServerPath$file /Q"

def copyManuscriptsCommandExecute =command.execute();

def cmcErr = new StringBuffer()
copyManuscriptsCommandExecute.consumeProcessErrorStream(cmcErr)

  def copyManuscriptsCommandExecuteOutput=copyManuscriptsCommandExecute.text
        println "Copy Manuscripts Command Execution Output: "+copyManuscriptsCommandExecuteOutput
        println "Copy Manuscripts Command Execution Error: "+cmcErr.toString() 

I am getting error as invalid parameters.IF I use def file = 'Sports\\Badminton\\Players\\Saina.txt' then it is working fine.However i am getting the value of variable file from the output of a command execution so i can't change that. Is there a way to fix this?

Answer 1

You need to convert unix path separator to windows like \.

 ...

 file = normalize(file)
 def command = "xcopy /y $gitPath$file $ServerPath$file /Q"
...
static String normalize(String s) {
    s.replaceAll('/', File.separator)
}

Just normalize the separator before using the string read from command line.