Move Task - Ant

Move task in Ant is used to move a file or a directory or a set of files to a new directory.

• Move task can also be used rename a single file (analogous to mv command in unix)

Eg:

<move file="test.txt" tofile="test_updated.txt" />

• You can use to move a file to a specific directory as follows:

Eg:

<move file="test.txt" todir="/usr/var/move_here/" />

• Move a set of files to a certain directory

Eg:

<move todir="/usr/var/mover_here/">
    <fileset dir="/my/src/dir_to_be_moved">
         <include name = **/*.jar >
         <exclude name = **/ant.jar">
     </fileset>
</move>  

A detailed official guide of the Move task and its parameters can be found here.