File::Copy::Link - Perl extension for replacing a link by a copy of the linked file.
use File::Copy::Link; copylink 'file.lnk'; use File::Copy::Link qw(safecopylink); safecopylink 'file.lnk';
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.
File::Spec::Link
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.
File::Spec::Link::linked
File::Copy::copy
Nothing by default, can export copylink, `safecopylink.
copylink(1) File::Copy(3) File::Spec::Link(3)
Robin Barker, <Robin.Barker@npl.co.uk>
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.
To install File::Copy::Link, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm File::Copy::Link
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install File::Copy::Link
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.