filesystem.copy

Synopsis

local fs = require "filesystem"
fs.copy(from: fs.path, to: fs.path[, opts: table])

Description

See https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/filesystem/copy.

opts

existing: "skip"|"overwrite"|"update"|nil

Behavior when the file already exists.

nil

Report an error.

"skip"

Keep the existing file, without reporting an error.

"overwrite"

Replace the existing file.

"update"

Replace the existing file only if it is older than the file being copied.

recursive: boolean = false
false

Skip subdirectories.

true

Recursively copy subdirectories and their content.

symlinks: "copy"|"skip"|nil
nil

Follow symlinks.

"copy"

Copy symlinks as symlinks, not as the files they point to.

"skip"

Ignore symlinks.

copy: "directories_only"|"create_symlinks"|"create_hardlinks"|nil
nil

Copy file content.

"directories_only"

Copy the directory structure, but do not copy any non-directory files.

"create_symlinks"

Instead of creating copies of files, create symlinks pointing to the originals.

"create_hardlinks"

Instead of creating copies of files, create hardlinks that resolve to the same files as the originals.