copy-paste file from jenkins directory to home directory using FileOperations plugin

Question

I have created a jenkins file that above everything else that is does, in the end will copy paste a.jar file from the jenkins target directory to home directory. I tried many options like sudo cp and sudo visudo to give jenkins privilleges but that didn't work, besides it's not safe from security perspective.

Then I tried to install the FileOperations plugin .

stage("Copy the created .jar file to home directory for docker deployment"){
    steps{
    fileOperations([fileCopyOperation(
                        flattenFiles: false,
                        includes: '*.jar',
                        targetLocation: "home/user"
        )])
    }
}

Output:

18:27:37 File Copy Operation:
18:27:37 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/pipeline_production/my.jar
18:27:37 FATAL: /home/user/my.jar

I quite miss what is going wrong with this configuration and does no succeed. Appreciate any suggestion.

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Answer 1

You can check and provide the full path of the jar file where it exists and check if it is available.

 fileOperations([fileCopyOperation(
                        flattenFiles: false,
                        includes: '*.jar',  // Give full path where .jar file exists
                        targetLocation: "home/user"
        )])

Another option could be just use a cp command of shell to copy files:

sh "cp -f <Source path> <Destination>"
sh "cp -f *.jar home/user/"

You could also execute the commands by changing the directory:

    steps{
       dir("<Path of your jar file>"){
               fileOperations([fileCopyOperation(
                        flattenFiles: false,
                        includes: '*.jar',
                        targetLocation: "home/user"
        )])
           OR
        sh "cp -f *.jar home/user/"

        }
    
    }