05-28-2008
Again, this looks like homework. Please do not post homework.
You are obviously able to access the Internet since you are posting here. Do a web seach on the topic and you will find all the information on ln(1) that you could ever wish for.
If you have no access to UNIX/Linux man pages, simply seach the Web for "linux man ln(1)" or similar.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
file::copy::link
File::Copy::Link(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation File::Copy::Link(3pm)
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 2011-09-30 File::Copy::Link(3pm)