---
name: "File::Copy::Link"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libfile-copy-link-perl"
version: "0.200-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/File::Copy::Link"
---

# File::Copy::Link(3pm)

extension for replacing a link by a copy of the linked file

## NAME

File::Copy::Link - 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, \<RMBarker@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2003, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2024 by Robin Barker

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.