Rule for copying a file to a new location

This rule copies a file from one location to another. The rule executes the following command: $(CP) depends[1] target

Usage

copyRule(target, depends, task = "all")

Arguments

target

Target file name to copy the file to

depends

Name of the file to copy from (only the first element of the vector is used)

task

A character vector of parent task names. The mechanism of tasks allows grouping rules. Anything different from 'all' will cause the creation of a new task depending on the given rule. Executing make taskname will then force building this rule.

Value

Instance of S3 class rmake.rule

See also

rule(), makefile()

Author

Michal Burda