Provided by: libfile-ncopy-perl_0.36-1_all 
NAME
File::NCopy - Deprecated module. Use File::Copy::Recursive instead. Copy file, file. Copy
file[s] | dir[s], dir
SYNOPSIS
use File::NCopy qw(copy);
copy "file","other_file";
copy "file1","file2","file3","directory";
# we want to copy the directory recursively
copy \1,"directory1","directory2";
copy \1,"file1","file2","directory1","file3","directory2","file4",
"directory";
# can also use references to file handles, this is for backward
# compatibility with File::Copy
copy \*FILE1,\*FILE2;
copy \*FILE1,"file";
copy "file1",\*FILE2;
# we don't specify \1 as the first argument because we don't want to
# copy directories recursively
copy "*.c","*.pl","programs";
copy "*", "backup";
use File::NCopy;
# the below are the default config values
$file = File::NCopy->new(
'recursive' => 0,
'preserve' => 0,
'follow_links' => 0,
'force_write' => 0,
'set_permission' => \&File::NCopy::u_chmod,
'file_check' => \&File::NCopy::f_check,
'set_times' => \&File::NCopy::s_times,
);
set_permission will take two file names, the original to get the
file permissions from and the new file to set the file permissions
for.
file_check takes two parameters, the file names to check the file to
copy from and the file to copy to. I am using flock for Unix
systems.
Default for this is \&File::NCopy::f_check. On Unix you can also use
\&File::NCopy::unix_check. This one compares the inode and device
numbers.
set_times is used if the preserve attribute is true. It preserves
the access and modification time of the file and also attempts to
set the owner of the file to the original owner. This can be useful
in a script used by root, though enyone can preserve the access and
modification times. This also takes two arguments. The file to get
the stats from and apply the stats to.
On Unix boxes you shouldn't need to worry. On other system you may
want to supply your own sub references.
$file = File::NCopy->new(recursive => 1);
$file->copy "file","other_file";
$file->copy "directory1","directory2";
$file = File::NCopy->new(u_chmod => \&my_chmod,f_check => \&my_fcheck);
$file->copy "directory1","directory2";
DESCRIPTION
File::NCopy::copy copies files to directories, or a single file to another file. You can
also use a reference to a file handle if you wish whem doing a file to file copy. The
functionality is very similar to cp. If the argument is a directory to directory copy and
the recursive flag is set then it is done recursively like cp -R. In fact it behaves like
cp on Unix for the most part. If called in array context, an array of successful copies
is returned, otherwise the number of successful copies is returned. If passed a file
handle, it's difficult to make sure the file we are copying isn't the same that we are
copying to, since by opening the file in write mode it gets pooched. To avoid this use
file names instead, if at all possible, especially for the to file. If passed a file
handle, it is not closed when copy returns, files opened by copy are closed.
copy
Copies a file to another file. Or a file to a directory. Or multiple files and
directories to another directory. Or a directory to another directory. Wildcard
arguments are expanded, except for the last argument which should not be expanded.
The file and directory permissions are set to the orginating file's permissions and if
preserve is set the access and modification times are also set. If preserve is set
then the uid and gid will also be attempted to be set, though this may only for for
the men in white hats. In list context it returns all the names of the
files/directories that were successfully copied. In scalar context it returns the
number of successful copies made. A directory argument is considerd a single
successful copy if it manages to copy anything at all. To make a directory to
directory copy the recursive flag must be set.
cp Just calls copy. It's there to be compatible with File::Copy.
new If used then you can treat this as an object oriented module with some configuration
abilities.
recursive
If used as an object then you can use this to set the recursive attribute. It can
also be set when instantiating with new. The other attributes must all be set when
instantiating the object. If it isn't specified then directories are not followed.
preserve
Attempt to preserve the last modification and access time as well as user and group
id's. This is a useful feature for sysadmins, though the access and modification time
should always be preservable, the uid and gid may not.
follow_links
If the link is to a directory and this attribute is true then the directory is
followed and recursively copied. Otherwise a link is made to the root directory the
link points to. eg.
/sys/ is a link to /usr/src/sys/ is a link to /usr/src/i386/sys then the link /sys/ is
actually created in the source directory as a link to /usr/src/i386/sys/ rather than
/usr/src/sys/ since if the link /usr/src/sys/ is removed then we lost the link even
though the directory we originally intended to link to still exists.
force_write
Force the writing of a file even if the permissions are read only on it.
EXAMPLE
See SYNOPSIS.
BUGS
When following links the target directory might not exactly the same as the source
directory. The reason is that we have to make sure we don't follow circular or dead
links. This is really a feature though the result may not quite resemble the source dir,
the overall content will be the same. :)
From Ken Healy (Version 0.34)
On Win32, The use of backslash for paths is required.
AUTHOR
Gabor Egressy gabor AT vmunix.com
Copyright (c) 1998 Gabor Egressy. All rights reserved. All wrongs reversed. This
program is free software; you can redistribute and/or modify it under the same terms as
Perl itself.
Some ideas gleaned from File::Copy by Aaron Sherman & Charles Bailey, but the code was
written from scratch.
Patch at versions 0.33, and 0.34 added by MZSANFORD.
0.35, 0.36 - Alexandr Ciornii (alexchorny AT gmail.com)