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.

   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.

perl v5.12.4                                       2011-10-17                              File::Copy::Link(3pm)