.. _interface-analysis_drivers-fork-work_directory-copy_files:

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copy_files
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Files and directories to be copied into each working directory


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**Specification**

- *Alias:* None

- *Arguments:* STRINGLIST

- *Default:* no copied files


**Description**


Specifies the files or directories that will be recursively copied
into each working directory.  Wildcards using * and ? are permitted.



**Examples**


Specifying

.. code-block::

      copy_files = 'siminput*.in' '/path/to/simdir1' 'simdir2/*'

will create copies

.. code-block::

      workdir/siminput*.in  # files rundir/siminput*.in copied
      workdir/simdir1/      # whole directory simdir1 recursively copied
      workdir/*  # contents of directory simdir2 recursively copied

where rundir is the directory in which Dakota was started.