[perl #120619] Clarification for File::Copy documentation

On Mon Dec 16 19:52:51 2013, rrt wrote:
> On Mon Dec 16 15:38:07 2013, tonyc wrote:
> > For Unix systems (everything but OS/2, Win32, VMS) syscopy is an
> > alias
> > for copy:
> >
...
> > I don't think your edit of the sentence from:
> >
> > For Unix systems, this is equivalent to the simple C<copy> routine,
> > which doesn't preserve OS-specific attributes.
> >
> > to:
> >
> > For Unix systems, this is equivalent to the simple C<copy> routine,
> > and
> > doesn't preserve attributes.
> >
> > adds much, since copy() does preserve OS independent attributes - the
> > content of the file.
> 
> I fear I was unclear. I proposed that change in the case that the
> semantics were the other way around, i.e. if syscopy on Unix worked
> the same as the description of the simple copy routine. Since, as you
> say, it is not so, it is my first suggestion that should be taken into
> account, namely, that the above sentence be rewritten as:
> 
> For Unix systems, this is equivalent to the simple "cp" routine.

I said that syscopy is an alias for copy, neither is equivalent to cp on Unix systems.

Tony


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• [perl #120619] Clarification for File::Copy documentation by Tony Cook via RT
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