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.IX Title "File::Copy::Link 3pm"
.TH File::Copy::Link 3pm 2024-03-05 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
File::Copy::Link \- extension for replacing a link by a copy of the linked file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 2
\&  use File::Copy::Link;
\&  copylink \*(Aqfile.lnk\*(Aq; 
\&
\&  use File::Copy::Link qw(safecopylink);
\&  safecopylink \*(Aqfile.lnk\*(Aq;
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.ie n .IP """copylink""" 4
.el .IP \f(CWcopylink\fR 4
.IX Item "copylink"
reads the filename linked to by the argument and replaced 
the link with a copy of the file.  It opens a filehandle to read from
the link, deletes the link, and then copies the filehandle back to the
link.
.ie n .IP """safecopylink""" 4
.el .IP \f(CWsafecopylink\fR 4
.IX Item "safecopylink"
does the same as \f(CW\*(C`copylink\*(C'\fR but without the open-and-delete
manouvre.  Instead, it uses \f(CW\*(C`File::Spec::Link\*(C'\fR to find the target of the
link and copies from there.
.PP
This module is mostly a wrapper round \f(CW\*(C`File::Spec::Link::linked\*(C'\fR and 
\&\f(CW\*(C`File::Copy::copy\*(C'\fR, the functionality is available in a command line
script \fIcopylink\fR.
.SS EXPORT
.IX Subsection "EXPORT"
Nothing by default, can export \f(CW\*(C`copylink\*(C'\fR, `\f(CW\*(C`safecopylink\*(C'\fR.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBcopylink\fR\|(1) \fBFile::Copy\fR\|(3) \fBFile::Spec::Link\fR\|(3)
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Robin Barker, <RMBarker@cpan.org>
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
Copyright 2003, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014 by Robin Barker
.PP
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.