Re^4: Why isn't there a "copy" function?

Unfortunately system(qw(cp ...)) is not portable. That's why there is File::NCopy, which I would like to see in the perl core instead of File::Copy.

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Re^5: Why isn't there a "copy" function? by Anonymous Monk on Sep 10, 2004 at 14:19 UTC
Mark Ceulemans wrote: On unix, File::Copy needs to be called, and you say that 'system cp' isn't portable. Could you point out a Unix system that doesn't have cp?	[reply]
Re^6: Why isn't there a "copy" function? by eserte (Deacon) on Sep 10, 2004 at 19:59 UTC
I just missed the "on unix" part ...	[reply]


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