Minor fix in File::Copy POD
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f716a1dd 1# File/Copy.pm. Written in 1994 by Aaron Sherman <ajs@ajs.com>. This
2# source code has been placed in the public domain by the author.
3# Please be kind and preserve the documentation.
4#
71be2cbc 5# Additions copyright 1996 by Charles Bailey. Permission is granted
6# to distribute the revised code under the same terms as Perl itself.
f716a1dd 7
8package File::Copy;
9
3b825e41 10use 5.006;
71be2cbc 11use strict;
b395063c 12use warnings;
6c254d95 13use File::Spec;
96a91e01 14use Config;
17f410f9 15our(@ISA, @EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK, $VERSION, $Too_Big, $Syscopy_is_copy);
16sub copy;
17sub syscopy;
18sub cp;
19sub mv;
71be2cbc 20
21# Note that this module implements only *part* of the API defined by
22# the File/Copy.pm module of the File-Tools-2.0 package. However, that
23# package has not yet been updated to work with Perl 5.004, and so it
24# would be a Bad Thing for the CPAN module to grab it and replace this
25# module. Therefore, we set this module's version higher than 2.0.
c9fbd0c8 26$VERSION = '2.11';
f716a1dd 27
71be2cbc 28require Exporter;
29@ISA = qw(Exporter);
30@EXPORT = qw(copy move);
31@EXPORT_OK = qw(cp mv);
f716a1dd 32
441496b2 33$Too_Big = 1024 * 1024 * 2;
f716a1dd 34
8878f897 35sub croak {
36 require Carp;
37 goto &Carp::croak;
38}
39
754f2cd0 40sub carp {
41 require Carp;
42 goto &Carp::carp;
43}
44
bcdb689b 45my $macfiles;
46if ($^O eq 'MacOS') {
47 $macfiles = eval { require Mac::MoreFiles };
48 warn 'Mac::MoreFiles could not be loaded; using non-native syscopy'
3a2263fe 49 if $@ && $^W;
bcdb689b 50}
51
6c254d95 52sub _catname {
71be2cbc 53 my($from, $to) = @_;
54 if (not defined &basename) {
55 require File::Basename;
56 import File::Basename 'basename';
57 }
6c254d95 58
59 if ($^O eq 'MacOS') {
60 # a partial dir name that's valid only in the cwd (e.g. 'tmp')
61 $to = ':' . $to if $to !~ /:/;
62 }
63
64 return File::Spec->catfile($to, basename($from));
f716a1dd 65}
66
236a0738 67# _eq($from, $to) tells whether $from and $to are identical
68# works for strings and references
69sub _eq {
70 return $_[0] == $_[1] if ref $_[0] && ref $_[1];
71 return $_[0] eq $_[1] if !ref $_[0] && !ref $_[1];
72 return "";
73}
74
f716a1dd 75sub copy {
71be2cbc 76 croak("Usage: copy(FROM, TO [, BUFFERSIZE]) ")
f716a1dd 77 unless(@_ == 2 || @_ == 3);
78
79 my $from = shift;
80 my $to = shift;
71be2cbc 81
82 my $from_a_handle = (ref($from)
83 ? (ref($from) eq 'GLOB'
d704f39a 84 || UNIVERSAL::isa($from, 'GLOB')
85 || UNIVERSAL::isa($from, 'IO::Handle'))
71be2cbc 86 : (ref(\$from) eq 'GLOB'));
87 my $to_a_handle = (ref($to)
88 ? (ref($to) eq 'GLOB'
d704f39a 89 || UNIVERSAL::isa($to, 'GLOB')
90 || UNIVERSAL::isa($to, 'IO::Handle'))
71be2cbc 91 : (ref(\$to) eq 'GLOB'));
92
236a0738 93 if (_eq($from, $to)) { # works for references, too
754f2cd0 94 carp("'$from' and '$to' are identical (not copied)");
95 # The "copy" was a success as the source and destination contain
96 # the same data.
97 return 1;
96a91e01 98 }
99
ac7b122d 100 if ((($Config{d_symlink} && $Config{d_readlink}) || $Config{d_link}) &&
b8ccb221 101 !($^O eq 'MSWin32' || $^O eq 'os2' || $^O eq 'vms')) {
ac7b122d 102 my @fs = stat($from);
103 if (@fs) {
96a91e01 104 my @ts = stat($to);
ac7b122d 105 if (@ts && $fs[0] == $ts[0] && $fs[1] == $ts[1]) {
754f2cd0 106 carp("'$from' and '$to' are identical (not copied)");
107 return 0;
96a91e01 108 }
109 }
110 }
111
71be2cbc 112 if (!$from_a_handle && !$to_a_handle && -d $to && ! -d $from) {
113 $to = _catname($from, $to);
114 }
115
1a04d035 116 if (defined &syscopy && !$Syscopy_is_copy
e6434134 117 && !$to_a_handle
1d84e8df 118 && !($from_a_handle && $^O eq 'os2' ) # OS/2 cannot handle handles
119 && !($from_a_handle && $^O eq 'mpeix') # and neither can MPE/iX.
7509b657 120 && !($from_a_handle && $^O eq 'MSWin32')
fa648be5 121 && !($from_a_handle && $^O eq 'MacOS')
2986a63f 122 && !($from_a_handle && $^O eq 'NetWare')
1a04d035 123 )
71be2cbc 124 {
125 return syscopy($from, $to);
126 }
127
128 my $closefrom = 0;
129 my $closeto = 0;
f716a1dd 130 my ($size, $status, $r, $buf);
48a5c399 131 local($\) = '';
f716a1dd 132
23ba2776 133 my $from_h;
71be2cbc 134 if ($from_a_handle) {
23ba2776 135 $from_h = $from;
f716a1dd 136 } else {
fa648be5 137 $from = _protect($from) if $from =~ /^\s/s;
23ba2776 138 $from_h = \do { local *FH };
139 open($from_h, "< $from\0") or goto fail_open1;
140 binmode $from_h or die "($!,$^E)";
f716a1dd 141 $closefrom = 1;
1a04d035 142 }
143
23ba2776 144 my $to_h;
71be2cbc 145 if ($to_a_handle) {
23ba2776 146 $to_h = $to;
1a04d035 147 } else {
fa648be5 148 $to = _protect($to) if $to =~ /^\s/s;
23ba2776 149 $to_h = \do { local *FH };
150 open($to_h,"> $to\0") or goto fail_open2;
151 binmode $to_h or die "($!,$^E)";
71be2cbc 152 $closeto = 1;
1a04d035 153 }
f716a1dd 154
155 if (@_) {
156 $size = shift(@_) + 0;
157 croak("Bad buffer size for copy: $size\n") unless ($size > 0);
158 } else {
025a6ea3 159 $size = tied(*$from_h) ? 0 : -s $from_h || 0;
f716a1dd 160 $size = 1024 if ($size < 512);
441496b2 161 $size = $Too_Big if ($size > $Too_Big);
f716a1dd 162 }
163
71be2cbc 164 $! = 0;
165 for (;;) {
166 my ($r, $w, $t);
23ba2776 167 defined($r = sysread($from_h, $buf, $size))
71be2cbc 168 or goto fail_inner;
169 last unless $r;
170 for ($w = 0; $w < $r; $w += $t) {
23ba2776 171 $t = syswrite($to_h, $buf, $r - $w, $w)
71be2cbc 172 or goto fail_inner;
f716a1dd 173 }
174 }
71be2cbc 175
23ba2776 176 close($to_h) || goto fail_open2 if $closeto;
177 close($from_h) || goto fail_open1 if $closefrom;
71be2cbc 178
48a5c399 179 # Use this idiom to avoid uninitialized value warning.
f716a1dd 180 return 1;
1a04d035 181
f716a1dd 182 # All of these contortions try to preserve error messages...
183 fail_inner:
184 if ($closeto) {
185 $status = $!;
186 $! = 0;
23ba2776 187 close $to_h;
f716a1dd 188 $! = $status unless $!;
189 }
190 fail_open2:
191 if ($closefrom) {
192 $status = $!;
193 $! = 0;
23ba2776 194 close $from_h;
f716a1dd 195 $! = $status unless $!;
196 }
197 fail_open1:
f716a1dd 198 return 0;
199}
9b957b78 200
441496b2 201sub move {
754f2cd0 202 croak("Usage: move(FROM, TO) ") unless @_ == 2;
203
71be2cbc 204 my($from,$to) = @_;
754f2cd0 205
fa76202e 206 my($fromsz,$tosz1,$tomt1,$tosz2,$tomt2,$sts,$ossts);
441496b2 207
71be2cbc 208 if (-d $to && ! -d $from) {
209 $to = _catname($from, $to);
210 }
211
212 ($tosz1,$tomt1) = (stat($to))[7,9];
213 $fromsz = -s $from;
e6434134 214 if ($^O eq 'os2' and defined $tosz1 and defined $fromsz) {
215 # will not rename with overwrite
216 unlink $to;
217 }
71be2cbc 218 return 1 if rename $from, $to;
219
71be2cbc 220 # Did rename return an error even though it succeeded, because $to
221 # is on a remote NFS file system, and NFS lost the server's ack?
222 return 1 if defined($fromsz) && !-e $from && # $from disappeared
223 (($tosz2,$tomt2) = (stat($to))[7,9]) && # $to's there
c9fbd0c8 224 ((!defined $tosz1) || # not before or
225 ($tosz1 != $tosz2 or $tomt1 != $tomt2)) && # was changed
71be2cbc 226 $tosz2 == $fromsz; # it's all there
1a04d035 227
71be2cbc 228 ($tosz1,$tomt1) = (stat($to))[7,9]; # just in case rename did something
762548ba 229
230 {
231 local $@;
232 eval {
754f2cd0 233 local $SIG{__DIE__};
762548ba 234 copy($from,$to) or die;
235 my($atime, $mtime) = (stat($from))[8,9];
236 utime($atime, $mtime, $to);
237 unlink($from) or die;
238 };
239 return 1 unless $@;
240 }
fa76202e 241 ($sts,$ossts) = ($! + 0, $^E + 0);
1a04d035 242
71be2cbc 243 ($tosz2,$tomt2) = ((stat($to))[7,9],0,0) if defined $tomt1;
244 unlink($to) if !defined($tomt1) or $tomt1 != $tomt2 or $tosz1 != $tosz2;
245 ($!,$^E) = ($sts,$ossts);
246 return 0;
441496b2 247}
9b957b78 248
71be2cbc 249*cp = \&copy;
250*mv = \&move;
251
fa648be5 252
253if ($^O eq 'MacOS') {
254 *_protect = sub { MacPerl::MakeFSSpec($_[0]) };
255} else {
256 *_protect = sub { "./$_[0]" };
257}
258
9b957b78 259# &syscopy is an XSUB under OS/2
1d84e8df 260unless (defined &syscopy) {
261 if ($^O eq 'VMS') {
262 *syscopy = \&rmscopy;
263 } elsif ($^O eq 'mpeix') {
264 *syscopy = sub {
3f5ee302 265 return 0 unless @_ == 2;
1d84e8df 266 # Use the MPE cp program in order to
267 # preserve MPE file attributes.
268 return system('/bin/cp', '-f', $_[0], $_[1]) == 0;
269 };
cf2f24a4 270 } elsif ($^O eq 'MSWin32' && defined &DynaLoader::boot_DynaLoader) {
271 # Win32::CopyFile() fill only work if we can load Win32.xs
7509b657 272 *syscopy = sub {
273 return 0 unless @_ == 2;
274 return Win32::CopyFile(@_, 1);
275 };
bcdb689b 276 } elsif ($macfiles) {
fa648be5 277 *syscopy = sub {
278 my($from, $to) = @_;
279 my($dir, $toname);
280
281 return 0 unless -e $from;
282
283 if ($to =~ /(.*:)([^:]+):?$/) {
284 ($dir, $toname) = ($1, $2);
285 } else {
286 ($dir, $toname) = (":", $to);
287 }
288
289 unlink($to);
290 Mac::MoreFiles::FSpFileCopy($from, $dir, $toname, 1);
291 };
1d84e8df 292 } else {
1a04d035 293 $Syscopy_is_copy = 1;
1d84e8df 294 *syscopy = \&copy;
295 }
296}
f716a1dd 297
2981;
299
300__END__
a5f75d66 301
f716a1dd 302=head1 NAME
303
304File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles
305
a5f75d66 306=head1 SYNOPSIS
f716a1dd 307
5ce10329 308 use File::Copy;
f716a1dd 309
5ce10329 310 copy("file1","file2") or die "Copy failed: $!";
311 copy("Copy.pm",\*STDOUT);
441496b2 312 move("/dev1/fileA","/dev2/fileB");
f716a1dd 313
78e38bb6 314 use File::Copy "cp";
f716a1dd 315
23f3aea0 316 $n = FileHandle->new("/a/file","r");
c6dfe06b 317 cp($n,"x");
f716a1dd 318
319=head1 DESCRIPTION
320
441496b2 321The File::Copy module provides two basic functions, C<copy> and
322C<move>, which are useful for getting the contents of a file from
323one place to another.
324
325=over 4
326
0cdecedb 327=item copy
328X<copy> X<cp>
441496b2 329
330The C<copy> function takes two
f716a1dd 331parameters: a file to copy from and a file to copy to. Either
332argument may be a string, a FileHandle reference or a FileHandle
333glob. Obviously, if the first argument is a filehandle of some
334sort, it will be read from, and if it is a file I<name> it will
335be opened for reading. Likewise, the second argument will be
96a91e01 336written to (and created if need be). Trying to copy a file on top
337of itself is a fatal error.
71be2cbc 338
339B<Note that passing in
9b957b78 340files as handles instead of names may lead to loss of information
341on some operating systems; it is recommended that you use file
e6434134 342names whenever possible.> Files are opened in binary mode where
8dcee03e 343applicable. To get a consistent behaviour when copying from a
e6434134 344filehandle to a file, use C<binmode> on the filehandle.
f716a1dd 345
346An optional third parameter can be used to specify the buffer
347size used for copying. This is the number of bytes from the
3a964d77 348first file, that will be held in memory at any given time, before
f716a1dd 349being written to the second file. The default buffer size depends
338de517 350upon the file, but will generally be the whole file (up to 2MB), or
f716a1dd 3511k for filehandles that do not reference files (eg. sockets).
352
353You may use the syntax C<use File::Copy "cp"> to get at the
354"cp" alias for this function. The syntax is I<exactly> the same.
355
0cdecedb 356=item move
357X<move> X<mv> X<rename>
441496b2 358
359The C<move> function also takes two parameters: the current name
71be2cbc 360and the intended name of the file to be moved. If the destination
361already exists and is a directory, and the source is not a
362directory, then the source file will be renamed into the directory
363specified by the destination.
364
365If possible, move() will simply rename the file. Otherwise, it copies
366the file to the new location and deletes the original. If an error occurs
367during this copy-and-delete process, you may be left with a (possibly partial)
441496b2 368copy of the file under the destination name.
369
370You may use the "mv" alias for this function in the same way that
371you may use the "cp" alias for C<copy>.
372
0cdecedb 373=item syscopy
374X<syscopy>
441496b2 375
9b957b78 376File::Copy also provides the C<syscopy> routine, which copies the
377file specified in the first parameter to the file specified in the
378second parameter, preserving OS-specific attributes and file
379structure. For Unix systems, this is equivalent to the simple
f1442e8b 380C<copy> routine, which doesn't preserve OS-specific attributes. For
381VMS systems, this calls the C<rmscopy> routine (see below). For OS/2
382systems, this calls the C<syscopy> XSUB directly. For Win32 systems,
383this calls C<Win32::CopyFile>.
9b957b78 384
bcdb689b 385On Mac OS (Classic), C<syscopy> calls C<Mac::MoreFiles::FSpFileCopy>,
386if available.
387
338de517 388B<Special behaviour if C<syscopy> is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32)>:
9b957b78 389
71be2cbc 390If both arguments to C<copy> are not file handles,
391then C<copy> will perform a "system copy" of
9b957b78 392the input file to a new output file, in order to preserve file
393attributes, indexed file structure, I<etc.> The buffer size
71be2cbc 394parameter is ignored. If either argument to C<copy> is a
395handle to an opened file, then data is copied using Perl
9b957b78 396operators, and no effort is made to preserve file attributes
397or record structure.
398
55497cff 399The system copy routine may also be called directly under VMS and OS/2
400as C<File::Copy::syscopy> (or under VMS as C<File::Copy::rmscopy>, which
71be2cbc 401is the routine that does the actual work for syscopy).
9b957b78 402
403=item rmscopy($from,$to[,$date_flag])
0cdecedb 404X<rmscopy>
9b957b78 405
71be2cbc 406The first and second arguments may be strings, typeglobs, typeglob
407references, or objects inheriting from IO::Handle;
408they are used in all cases to obtain the
9b957b78 409I<filespec> of the input and output files, respectively. The
410name and type of the input file are used as defaults for the
411output file, if necessary.
412
413A new version of the output file is always created, which
414inherits the structure and RMS attributes of the input file,
415except for owner and protections (and possibly timestamps;
416see below). All data from the input file is copied to the
417output file; if either of the first two parameters to C<rmscopy>
418is a file handle, its position is unchanged. (Note that this
419means a file handle pointing to the output file will be
420associated with an old version of that file after C<rmscopy>
421returns, not the newly created version.)
422
423The third parameter is an integer flag, which tells C<rmscopy>
1fef88e7 424how to handle timestamps. If it is E<lt> 0, none of the input file's
425timestamps are propagated to the output file. If it is E<gt> 0, then
9b957b78 426it is interpreted as a bitmask: if bit 0 (the LSB) is set, then
427timestamps other than the revision date are propagated; if bit 1
428is set, the revision date is propagated. If the third parameter
429to C<rmscopy> is 0, then it behaves much like the DCL COPY command:
430if the name or type of the output file was explicitly specified,
431then no timestamps are propagated, but if they were taken implicitly
432from the input filespec, then all timestamps other than the
433revision date are propagated. If this parameter is not supplied,
434it defaults to 0.
435
436Like C<copy>, C<rmscopy> returns 1 on success. If an error occurs,
437it sets C<$!>, deletes the output file, and returns 0.
438
55497cff 439=back
440
f716a1dd 441=head1 RETURN
442
441496b2 443All functions return 1 on success, 0 on failure.
444$! will be set if an error was encountered.
f716a1dd 445
6c254d95 446=head1 NOTES
447
448=over 4
449
450=item *
451
452On Mac OS (Classic), the path separator is ':', not '/', and the
453current directory is denoted as ':', not '.'. You should be careful
454about specifying relative pathnames. While a full path always begins
455with a volume name, a relative pathname should always begin with a
456':'. If specifying a volume name only, a trailing ':' is required.
457
458E.g.
459
460 copy("file1", "tmp"); # creates the file 'tmp' in the current directory
461 copy("file1", ":tmp:"); # creates :tmp:file1
462 copy("file1", ":tmp"); # same as above
0cdecedb 463 copy("file1", "tmp"); # same as above, if 'tmp' is a directory (but don't do
6c254d95 464 # that, since it may cause confusion, see example #1)
465 copy("file1", "tmp:file1"); # error, since 'tmp:' is not a volume
466 copy("file1", ":tmp:file1"); # ok, partial path
467 copy("file1", "DataHD:"); # creates DataHD:file1
0cdecedb 468
907fbfa1 469 move("MacintoshHD:fileA", "DataHD:fileB"); # moves (doesn't copy) files from one
6c254d95 470 # volume to another
471
472=back
473
f716a1dd 474=head1 AUTHOR
475
441496b2 476File::Copy was written by Aaron Sherman I<E<lt>ajs@ajs.comE<gt>> in 1995,
bd3fa61c 477and updated by Charles Bailey I<E<lt>bailey@newman.upenn.eduE<gt>> in 1996.
f716a1dd 478
479=cut
441496b2 480