What is the simplest way of copying symbolic links on the Mac?
A python or perl solution would be preferred, but any solution would be a help.
I am copying frameworks for an installation package, and need the links to be maintained
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What is the simplest way of copying symbolic links on the Mac?
A python or perl solution would be preferred, but any solution would be a help.
I am copying frameworks for an installation package, and need the links to be maintained
As David mentioned, OS X is missing the handy -a option that gnu cp has.
However, if you use -R to do a recursive copy, then it will copy symlinks by default, so
ought to work.