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Defined in header<experimental/filesystem>
void copy_symlink(const path& from,const path& to);	(1)	(filesystem TS)
void copy_symlink(const path& from,const path& to,                    error_code& ec);	(2)	(filesystem TS)

Copies a symlink to another location.

Contents 1Parameters 2Return value 3Exceptions 4See also

[edit]Parameters

from	-	path to a symbolic link to copy
to	-	destination path of the new symlink
ec	-	out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload

[edit]Return value

(none)

[edit]Exceptions

The overload that does not take anerror_code& parameter throwsfilesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, constructed withfrom as the first argument,to as the second argument, and the OS error code as the error code argument.std::bad_alloc may be thrown if memory allocation fails. The overload taking anerror_code& parameter sets it to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executesec.clear() if no errors occur. This overload has

[edit]See also

copy	copies files or directories (function)[edit]
copy_file	copies file contents (function)[edit]
create_symlinkcreate_directory_symlink	creates a symbolic link (function)[edit]
read_symlink	obtains the target of a symbolic link (function)[edit]

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