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FileUtil.CopyFileOrDirectoryFollowSymlinks  

static function CopyFileOrDirectoryFollowSymlinks (from : String, to : String) : void

Description

Copies the file or directory.

Copies from from path to the destination, to, path.

In presence of symbolic links (OS X only), the actual files to which symbolic links point to are copied, not the symbolic links themselves.

@MenuItem ("Example/Copy SymLink Something")
static function CopyAFile () {
// copies the file "YourFileOrFolder" from "sLPath/" to "copySL/path/"
FileUtil.CopyFileOrDirectoryFollowSymlinks (
"sLPath/YourFileOrFolder",
"copySL/path/YourFileOrFolder");
}

See Also: FileUtil.CopyFileOrDirectory.