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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-03-05 19:03:39 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2013-03-05 19:03:39 +0100
commit12761f48eaa4801beb3b49aa94f2e8891869d186 (patch)
treea8549f2a95978b94b022641202d8f945730eb1bf
parente65df6a63a49666edb4e57a68369b8e2ef02f1a0 (diff)
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utils: Add a #:follow-symlinks? parameter to `copy-recursively'.
* guix/build/utils.scm (copy-recursively): Turn `log' into a keyword parameter. Add the `follow-symlinks?' parameter and honor it.
-rw-r--r--guix/build/utils.scm20
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/guix/build/utils.scm b/guix/build/utils.scm
index 7b49e9f4c7..ef215e60bb 100644
--- a/guix/build/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/build/utils.scm
@@ -122,8 +122,11 @@ return values of applying PROC to the port."
(() #t))))
(define* (copy-recursively source destination
- #:optional (log (current-output-port)))
- "Copy SOURCE directory to DESTINATION."
+ #:key
+ (log (current-output-port))
+ (follow-symlinks? #f))
+ "Copy SOURCE directory to DESTINATION. Follow symlinks if FOLLOW-SYMLINKS?
+is true; otherwise, just preserve them. Write verbose output to the LOG port."
(define strip-source
(let ((len (string-length source)))
(lambda (file)
@@ -134,7 +137,12 @@ return values of applying PROC to the port."
(let ((dest (string-append destination
(strip-source file))))
(format log "`~a' -> `~a'~%" file dest)
- (copy-file file dest)))
+ (case (stat:type stat)
+ ((symlink)
+ (let ((target (readlink file)))
+ (symlink target dest)))
+ (else
+ (copy-file file dest)))))
(lambda (dir stat result) ; down
(mkdir-p (string-append destination
(strip-source dir))))
@@ -146,7 +154,11 @@ return values of applying PROC to the port."
file (strerror errno))
#f)
#t
- source))
+ source
+
+ (if follow-symlinks?
+ stat
+ lstat)))
(define (delete-file-recursively dir)
"Delete DIR recursively, like `rm -rf', without following symlinks. Report