Copytarget

The CopyTarget tool copies files reliably from a source location to the destination location while maintaining file metadata, which includes ownership and permission.

CopyTarget supports the following operations:

• Copy file

• Create directory

• Update file metadata

• Update directory metadata

• Remove file

• Remove empty directory

• Create symlink

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu 24.04

• python3 (>= 3.5)

• python3-yaml

• coreutils

• bash

These are required to run the CopyTarget tool.

• Installing CopyTarget
• Using CopyTarget
  • Command Line Syntax
• Command Argument Options
• CopyTarget Manifest
  • Header
  • Filelist
• CopyTarget File Operations
  • Copy
  • Create Directory
  • Update File Metadata
  • Update Directory Metadata
  • Remove a File
  • Remove Empty Directory
  • Create Symlink
• Identifier Dictionary
  • Default Identifier Dictionary
  • Host Identifier Dictionary
• Importing Manifests
  • Overriding Parent Attributes
  • Mapping Overlays using Destination Field
  • Sequence of Manifest Overlaying
• Exports
  • Syntax
  • Dereferencing a Variable
  • Overriding Parent Assigned Values
• Examples: Creating CopyTarget Manifest
  • Copying a File
  • Copying a File to Specific FIleSystem Type
  • Creating a Directory
  • Updating a File’s Metadata
  • Removing a File
  • Creating a Symlink
  • Comprehensive Example: Using copytarget-manifest.yaml
• Errors
• DriveOS SDK Copytarget Manifests