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@@ -616,7 +616,9 @@ Filesystem
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emitted.
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Specifying ``COPY_ON_ERROR`` enables copying the file as a fallback if
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- creating the link fails. It can be useful for handling situations such as
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+ creating the link fails. If the source is a directory, the destination
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+ directory will be created if it does not exist, but no files will be copied
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+ the from source one. It can be useful for handling situations such as
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``<original>`` and ``<linkname>`` being on different drives or mount points,
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which would make them unable to support a hard link.
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Alex Overchenko