Copy file globs, watching for changes.

This module provides a CLI tool like cp, but with watching.

npm install cpx

Usage: cpx <source> <dest> [options]

    Copy files, watching for changes.

        <source>  The glob of target files.
        <dest>    The path of a destination directory.

Options:

    -c, --command <command>   A command text to transform each file.
    -C, --clean               Clean files that matches <source> like pattern in
                              <dest> directory before the first copying.
    -L, --dereference         Follow symbolic links when copying from them.
    -h, --help                Print usage information
    -t, --transform <name>    A module name to transform each file. cpx lookups
                                the specified name via "require()".
    -v, --verbose             Print copied/removed files.
    -V, --version             Print the version number
    -w, --watch               Watch for files that matches <source>, and copy
                              the file to <dest> every changing.

cpx "src/**/*.{html,png,jpg}" app --watch

This example will copy html/png/jpg files from src directory to app directory, keeping file tree structure. Whenever the files are changed, copy them.

Since Bash expands globs, requires to enclose it with double quotes.

You can use together Browserify.

cpx "src/**/*.{html,png,jpg}" app -w & watchify src/index.js -o app/index.js

You can use shell commands to convert each file.

cpx "src/**/*.js" app -w -c "babel --source-maps-inline"

You can use the transform packages for Browserify.

cpx "src/**/*.js" app -w -t babelify -t uglifyify

It maybe can use to add header comment, to optimize images, or etc...

You can use this module as a node module.

var cpx = require("cpx");

cpx.copy(source, dest, options, callback)
cpx.copy(source, dest, callback)

• source {string} -- A file glob of copy targets.
• dest {string} -- A file path of a destination directory.
• options {object}
  • options.clean {boolean} -- A flag to remove files that copied on past before copy.
  • options.dereference {boolean} -- A flag to follow symbolic links when copying from them.
  • options.transform {((filepath: string) => stream.Transform)[]} -- Functions that creates a stream.Transform object to transform each copying file.
• callback {(err: Error|null) => void} -- A function that is called at done.

Copy files that matches with source glob to dest directory.

cpx.copySync(source, dest, options)
cpx.copySync(source, dest)

A synchronous function of cpx.copy.

Arguments is almost same as cpx.copy. But options.transform is not supported.

cpx.watch(source, dest, options)
cpx.watch(source, dest)

Copy files that matches with source glob string to dest directory. After the first copy, starts observing. And copy the files when every changes.

Arguments is same as cpx.copy.

cpx.watch returns an EventEmitter.

• .on("copy", (e) => { ... }) : Be fired after file is copied. e.srcPath is a path of original file. e.dstPath is a path of new file.
• .on("remove", (e) => { ... }) : Be fired after file is removed. e.path is a path of removed file.
• .on("watch-raedy", () => { ... }) : Be fired when started watching files, after the first copying.
• .on("watch-error", (err) => { ... }) : Be fired when occured errors during watching.