How do I write a yocto/bitbake recipe to copy a directory to the target root file system

Question

I have a directory of \'binary\' (i.e. not to be compiled) files and just want them to be installed onto my target root file system.

I have looked at several articles,

Answer 1

You just have to copy these files into your target rootfs. Do not forget to pakage them if they are not installed in standard locations.

SRC_URI += "file://myDir"

do_install() {
    install -d ${D}/path/to/dir/on/fs
    cp -r ${WORKDIR}/myDir ${D}/path/to/dir/on/fs
}
FILES_${PN} += "/path/to/dir/on/fs"