copy most recent file placed in drectory using gradle

Question

So I have a bunch of archives in a directory that look like this:

test_61995.zip test_61234.zip test_61233.zip

I want to copy only the latest file from here using Gradle. Is is possilbe to sort the files and date and time and copy usng gradle?

madhead · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-14T13:39:34.700

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Sure, you can do that. Here is an example

Kotlin DSL:

tasks {
    val cp by creating(Copy::class.java) {
        from(File("/home/madhead/Downloads/").listFiles().sortedBy { it.lastModified() }.last())
        into(File("/home/madhead/Downloads/so53777253/"))
    }
}

Groovy DSL:

task cp(type: Copy) {
    from(new File("/home/madhead/Downloads/").listFiles().sort{ it.lastModified() }[0])
    into(new File("/home/madhead/Downloads/so53777253/"))
}

This will copy the latest modified file from /home/madhead/Downloads/ to /home/madhead/Downloads/so53777253/.

edited Dec 14 '18 at 13:39

answered Dec 14 '18 at 10:32

madhead

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thanks but it is not working. Got the below error build file 'D:\test\gradle\build.gradle': 10: unexpected token: : @ line 10, column 29. val cp by creating(Copy:: class.java) { ^ – Sumith08 Dec 14 '18 at 12:36
Are you using Kotlin DSL or Groovy? – madhead Dec 14 '18 at 12:37
I am using Groovy. – Sumith08 Dec 14 '18 at 12:53
So that's the reason you get "unexpected token" – madhead Dec 14 '18 at 12:56
So is it not possible in groovy? – Sumith08 Dec 14 '18 at 12:57
It is possible in Groovy – madhead Dec 14 '18 at 13:09
Thanks a lot. It worked but the .reverse() should be removed for latest file else it takes the oldest file – Sumith08 Dec 14 '18 at 13:35
That may be. I didn't tested Groovy version :). Edited the answer. – madhead Dec 14 '18 at 13:39
Can you please let me know how can we copy the latest directory as well? – Sumith08 Dec 15 '18 at 14:38
Use [`.listFiles(File::isDirectory)`](https://stackoverflow.com/a/27940412/750510). – madhead Dec 16 '18 at 19:49

copy most recent file placed in drectory using gradle

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