How to copy symlinks to target as normal folders

[screendriver]

Can I set the -L option like in the unix command cp?

From the man page:

‘-L’ ,‘--dereference’ - Follow symbolic links when copying from them. With this option, cp
cannot create a symbolic link. For example, a symlink (to regular file) in the source tree will be
copied to a regular file in the destination tree.

See also here at superuser

[jprichardson]

Try setting deference to true:

fs.copy(src, dest, { dereference: true }, callback)

Let me know if that works. I'm gonna leave this open, as that should be documented.

[screendriver]

Thank you, it's working 👍

[jhnns]

Thx @jprichardson. Just being curious: why is this option not listed in the README?

[jprichardson]

@jhnns it's because it doesn't exist in copySync. It should be implemented in copySync as well.

[jhnns]

Sounds reasonable 👍

[jprichardson]

Implemented in #235