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syscopy

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syscopy(from, to) public

Copies a file from to to. If to is a directory, copies from to to/from.

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# File lib/ftools.rb, line 56
  def syscopy(from, to)
    to = catname(from, to)

    fmode = stat(from).mode
    tpath = to
    not_exist = !exist?(tpath)

    from = open(from, "rb")
    to = open(to, "wb")

    begin
      while true
        to.syswrite from.sysread(BUFSIZE)
      end
    rescue EOFError
      ret = true
    rescue
      ret = false
    ensure
      to.close
      from.close
    end
    chmod(fmode, tpath) if not_exist
    ret
  end

syscopy

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