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FileUtil.CopyFileOrDirectoryFollowSymlinks

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public static function CopyFileOrDirectoryFollowSymlinks(from: string, to: string): void;
public static void CopyFileOrDirectoryFollowSymlinks(string from, string to);

Parameters

Description

Copies the file or directory.

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

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

	@MenuItem ("Example/Copy SymLink Something")
	static function CopyAFile () {
		// copies the file "YourFileOrFolder" from "sLPath/" to "copySL/path/"
		FileUtil.CopyFileOrDirectoryFollowSymlinks (
			"sLPath/YourFileOrFolder",
			"copySL/path/YourFileOrFolder");
	}

See Also: FileUtil.CopyFileOrDirectory.

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