SERVER-59236 add shell function to recursively copy a directory

(cherry picked from commit 4cdb2c6340c7c13be51ba12e0f3d5437e27c9bf0)

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/shell/shell_utils_extended.cpp b/src/mongo/shell/shell_utils_extended.cpp
index 796ca0e529a..550125c33ac 100644
--- a/src/mongo/shell/shell_utils_extended.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/shell/shell_utils_extended.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,22 @@ BSONObj mkdir(const BSONObj& args, void* data) {
     return wrapper.obj();
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param args - [ source, destination ]
+ * copies directory 'source' to 'destination'. Errors if the 'destination' file already exists.
+ */
+BSONObj copyDir(const BSONObj& args, void* data) {
+    uassert(8423308, "copyDir takes 2 arguments", args.nFields() == 2);
+
+    BSONObjIterator it(args);
+    const std::string source = it.next().str();
+    const std::string destination = it.next().str();
+
+    boost::filesystem::copy(source, destination, boost::filesystem::copy_options::recursive);
+
+    return undefinedReturn;
+}
+
 BSONObj removeFile(const BSONObj& args, void* data) {
     BSONElement e = singleArg(args);
     bool found = false;
@@ -528,6 +544,7 @@ void installShellUtilsExtended(Scope& scope) {
     scope.injectNative("hostname", hostname);
     scope.injectNative("md5sumFile", md5sumFile);
     scope.injectNative("mkdir", mkdir);
+    scope.injectNative("copyDir", copyDir);
     scope.injectNative("passwordPrompt", passwordPrompt);
     scope.injectNative("umask", changeUmask);
     scope.injectNative("getFileMode", getFileMode);