Method: Redis::Commands::Keys#copy

Defined in:
lib/redis/commands/keys.rb

#copy(source, destination, db: nil, replace: false) ⇒ Boolean

Copy a value from one key to another.

Examples:

Copy a value to another key

redis.set "foo", "value"
  # => "OK"
redis.copy "foo", "bar"
  # => true
redis.get "bar"
  # => "value"

Copy a value to a key in another database

redis.set "foo", "value"
  # => "OK"
redis.copy "foo", "bar", db: 2
  # => true
redis.select 2
  # => "OK"
redis.get "bar"
  # => "value"

Parameters:

  • source (String)
  • destination (String)
  • db (Integer) (defaults to: nil)
  • replace (Boolean) (defaults to: false) —

    removes the destination key before copying value to it

Returns:

  • (Boolean) —

    whether the key was copied or not



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# File 'lib/redis/commands/keys.rb', line 349

def copy(source, destination, db: nil, replace: false)
  command = [:copy, source, destination]
  command << "DB" << db if db
  command << "REPLACE" if replace

  send_command(command, &Boolify)
end