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authorWilliam Blevins <wblevins@gmail.com>2014-07-20 01:19:44 (GMT)
committerWilliam Blevins <wblevins@gmail.com>2014-07-20 01:19:44 (GMT)
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Issue 2395: Added doc comment for symlink parameter usage.
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-rw-r--r--src/engine/SCons/Defaults.py7
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diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Defaults.py b/src/engine/SCons/Defaults.py
index b91a685..3f60bc0 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Defaults.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Defaults.py
@@ -182,6 +182,13 @@ def chmod_strfunc(dest, mode):
Chmod = ActionFactory(chmod_func, chmod_strfunc)
def copy_func(dest, src, symlinks=True):
+ """
+ If symlinks (is true), then a symbolic link will be
+ shallow copied and recreated as a symbolic link; otherwise, copying
+ a symbolic link will be equivalent to copying the symbolic link's
+ final target regardless of symbolic link depth.
+ """
+
dest = str(dest)
src = str(src)