chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

A systems integration framework, built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure.

Chef::ChefFS::FileSystem.copy_to

Copy everything matching the given pattern from src to dest.

After this method completes, everything in dest matching the
given pattern will look identical to src.

==== Attributes

* +pattern+ - Chef::ChefFS::FilePattern to match children under
* +src_root+ - the root from which things will be copied
* +dest_root+ - the root to which things will be copied
* +recurse_depth+ - the maximum depth to copy things. +nil+
  means infinite depth.  0 means no recursion.
* +options+ - hash of options:
  - +purge+ - if +true+, items in +dest+ that are not in +src+
  will be deleted from +dest+.  If +false+, these items will
  be left alone.
  - +force+ - if +true+, matching files are always copied from
    +src+ to +dest+.  If +false+, they will only be copied if
    actually different (which will take time to determine).
  - +dry_run+ - if +true+, action will not actually be taken;
    things will be printed out instead.

==== Examples

    Chef::ChefFS::FileSystem.copy_to(FilePattern.new('/cookbooks'),
      chef_fs, local_fs, nil, true) do |message|
      puts message
    end

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Edit

git clone [email protected]:opscode/chef.git

cd chef

open lib/chef/chef_fs/file_system.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--ChefFS--FileSystem-copy_to-for-pr

# Commit to git

git add lib/chef/chef_fs/file_system.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::ChefFS::FileSystem.copy_to"

# Open pull request

gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`

hub fork

git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-Chef--ChefFS--FileSystem-copy_to-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!