My execCopyExec task executes as per expectation except for the copy method. It feels like the copy method is never executed. What mistake am I doing here? Original requirement was to test for Gradle version : 2.6. Please don't ask why 2.6 🤐 NOTE: I also tested with Gradle 6.8.3 and 7.6.2 . Doesn't work either. Looks like I am missing something pretty fundamental. Any help/direction is greatly appreciated.

task execCopyExec{

doLast {

	exec{
		...
	}
//some more exec methods

        println csvDir // prints valid Windows absolute path
        println new File(repoDir, targetDir) // prints valid Windows absolute path

        copy {
            from csvDir
            into new File(repoDir, targetDir)
        }
	exec{
		...
	}	
//some more exec methods

	}
}