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public static void CopyFileOrDirectoryFollowSymlinks(string source, string dest);

Description

Copies the file or directory.

Copies from from path to the destination, to, path.

In presence of symbolic links (macOS only), the actual files to which symbolic links point to are copied, not the symbolic links themselves.

See Also: FileUtil.CopyFileOrDirectory.

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;

public class CopyFileSymLink : MonoBehaviour
{
    [MenuItem("Example/Copy Something SymLink")]
    static void CopySomethingSymLink()
    {
        FileUtil.CopyFileOrDirectoryFollowSymlinks("sourcepath/YourFileOrFolder", "destpath/YourFileOrFolder");
    }
}

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