Name

manicopy

Synopsis

manicopy (read, target, how)

Copies files to a target directory. Takes the following arguments:

read

Hash with keys that are the names of the files to be copied. Typically returned by maniread.

target

Target directory into which files are to be copied.

how

Can be used to specify a different method of “copying.” Values are:

cp

Copy the files.

ln

Create hard links.

best

Link the files, but copy any symbolic link to make a tree with no symbolic links (the default).

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