SyncSpec (Gradle API 8.11.1)

All Superinterfaces:

ContentFilterable, CopyProcessingSpec, CopySourceSpec, CopySpec, PatternFilterable
```
public interface SyncSpec
extends CopySpec
```
Synchronizes the contents of a destination directory with some source directories and files.

Since:

7.5

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PatternFilterable`	`getPreserve()`	Returns the filter that defines which files to preserve in the destination directory.
`SyncSpec`	`preserve(Action<? super PatternFilterable> action)`	Configures the filter that defines which files to preserve in the destination directory.

Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.file.CopyProcessingSpec
dirPermissions, filePermissions, getDirMode, getDirPermissions, getFileMode, getFilePermissions, setDirMode, setFileMode

Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.file.CopySpec
eachFile, eachFile, exclude, exclude, exclude, exclude, expand, expand, filesMatching, filesMatching, filesNotMatching, filesNotMatching, filter, filter, filter, filter, from, from, from, getDuplicatesStrategy, getFilteringCharset, getIncludeEmptyDirs, include, include, include, include, into, into, into, isCaseSensitive, rename, rename, rename, rename, setCaseSensitive, setDuplicatesStrategy, setExcludes, setFilteringCharset, setIncludeEmptyDirs, setIncludes, with

Methods inherited from interface org.gradle.api.tasks.util.PatternFilterable
getExcludes, getIncludes

- Method Detail
  - getPreserve
```
@Internal
PatternFilterable getPreserve()
```
    Returns the filter that defines which files to preserve in the destination directory.
    
    Returns:
    
    the filter defining the files to preserve
  - preserve
```
SyncSpec preserve(Action<? super PatternFilterable> action)
```
    Configures the filter that defines which files to preserve in the destination directory.
    
    Parameters:
    
    action - Action for configuring the preserve filter
    
    Returns:
    
    this