Sync Copy in fs-extra using NodeJS

This method copies files or directories from one location to another location in a sync process. The directory can have sub-directories and files.
copySync(src, dest[, options])
src – This is a string paramter which will hold the source location of the file or directory that needs to be copies. If the location is a directory, it will copy everything inside of the directory instead of whole directory.
src – This is a string paramter which will hold the source location of the file or directory that needs to be copies. If the location is a directory, it will copy everything inside of the directory instead of whole directory.
dest – This will hold the destination location where the files/directories will be copies. If src is a files, dest cannot be a directory.
dest – This will hold the destination location where the files/directories will be copies. If src is a files, dest cannot be a directory.
overwrite – If set to true, existing files or directories will be overwritten. Default value is set to true.
overwrite – If set to true, existing files or directories will be overwritten. Default value is set to true.
errorOnExist – It will throw an error if the destination file/folder exists only when overwrite is set to false.
errorOnExist – It will throw an error if the destination file/folder exists only when overwrite is set to false.
preserveTimestamps – Latest modification and access time will be set to that of the original files if true, else it will be OS dependent.
preserveTimestamps – Latest modification and access time will be set to that of the original files if true, else it will be OS dependent.
filter – This option will filter copied files. Will include filtered files if set to true.
filter – This option will filter copied files. Will include filtered files if set to true.
Since it is a sync copy, it will not have a callback.
Check that fs-extra is installed before proceeding; if not, install fs-exra.
Check that fs-extra is installed before proceeding; if not, install fs-exra.
You can use the following command to check whether fs-extra is installed or not.
You can use the following command to check whether fs-extra is installed or not.
npm ls fs-extra
Create a syncCopyExample.js and copy-paste the following code snippet into that file.
Create a syncCopyExample.js and copy-paste the following code snippet into that file.
Now, run the following command to run the following code snippet.
Now, run the following command to run the following code snippet.
node syncCopyExample.js
Code Snippet −
const fs = require('fs-extra')

// copying file in sync process
fs.copySync('/tmp/myfile', '/tmp/mynewfile')
console.log("File copied in Sync")

// Copies directory from src to dest
fs.copySync('/tmp/mydir', '/tmp/mynewdir')
console.log("Directory copied in Sync")
C:\Users\tutorialsPoint\> node syncCopyExample.js
File copied in Sync
Directory copied in Sync
const fs = require('fs-extra')

// Copying files with .txt or .avi as extension
fs.copySync(
   '/tmp/newFile.txt', '/tmp/myfile2.txt',  /.*(.txt|.avi)$/,
   (err) => { console.log ('An error occured while copying')})
console.log("Successfully copied !")

C:\Users\tutorialsPoint\> node syncCopyExample.js
Successfully copied!