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Recursive Directory Copy (with resource forks) in Mac OS X
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Jerry Krinock
Apr 2, 2008, 8:03:57 PM4/2/08
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At least for me, the module function File::Copy::Recursive::dircopy()
seems to not copy resource forks of descendant files when used in Mac
OS X.
seems to not copy resource forks of descendant files when used in Mac
OS X.
Has anyone else noticed this? What's a good method for copying
directories in Mac OS X? Call system() to invoke cp?
Thanks,
Jerry Krinock
jerryk...@gmail.com
Apr 3, 2008, 11:47:27 PM4/3/08
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After looking into the source for File::Copy::Recursive I see that
this is due to its reliance on the copy() method in the superclass
File::Copy. And all of this is due to the fact that perl does not
have a built-in "copy file" function, which is well-known and seems to
have been discussed by people smarter than me who are discussing
whether or not to fix it in perl 6 [1]. So, I'll just use my own
workaround of calling system() to invoke darwin's cp (which copies
resource forks in Mac OS 10.4 or later).
this is due to its reliance on the copy() method in the superclass
File::Copy. And all of this is due to the fact that perl does not
have a built-in "copy file" function, which is well-known and seems to
have been discussed by people smarter than me who are discussing
whether or not to fix it in perl 6 [1]. So, I'll just use my own
workaround of calling system() to invoke darwin's cp (which copies
resource forks in Mac OS 10.4 or later).
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