copyDirectory not working in event hook

[d-lamers]

• Laravel Mix Version: #.#.# (npm list --depth=0)
• Node Version (node -v): v7.7.3
• NPM Version (npm -v): 4.1.2
• OS: MacOS Sierra 10.12.4

Description:

When trying to copy a directory using mix.copyDirectory within an event hook it just does nothing. While doing that same function outside of the event hook would work. It just be to early.

Steps To Reproduce:

Try a mix.copyDirectory inside an event hook; mix.then(() =>) for example

Code snippet

mix.then(() => {
    console.log('Finished, doing postprocessing..');

    mix.copyDirectory('fonts/', 'public/fonts').then(() => {
        del('fonts');
    });
});

[ankurk91]

Does other methods like scripts() or styles() work in the then() callback ?

You can always use native node-js methods OR a package like ncp to perform such file operations.

[d-lamers]

Thanks ankurk91 for the response. Other mix functions don't seem to work either. I could use other libraries and it would do the job. But that is not the solution I'd prefer.

[JeffreyWay]

mix.then(() => {
    console.log('Finished, doing postprocessing..');

    mix.copyDirectory('fonts/', 'public/fonts').then(() => {
        del('fonts');
    });
});

This isn't how Mix works, so you can'd do that.