NAME

File::Copy::Link - Perl extension for replacing a link by a copy of the linked file.

SYNOPSIS

  use File::Copy::Link;
  copylink 'file.lnk';

  use File::Copy::Link qw(safecopylink);
  safecopylink 'file.lnk';

DESCRIPTION

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.

safecopylink

does the same as copylink but without the open-and-delete manouvre. Instead, it uses File::Spec::Link to find the target of the link and copies from there.

This module is mostly a wrapper round File::Spec::Link::linked and File::Copy::copy, the functionality is available in a command line script copylink.

=head2 EXPORT

Nothing by default, can export copylink, `safecopylink.

SEE ALSO

copylink(1) File::Copy(3) File::Spec::Link(3)

AUTHOR

Robin Barker, <Robin.Barker@npl.co.uk>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2003, 2006, 2007 by Robin Barker

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.