[issue38906] copy2 doesn't copy metadata on Windows and MacOS

[Ronald Oussoren]

Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com> added the comment:

The relevant API on macOS is [f]copyfile(3) which is at the POSIX layer. The copyFile API linked to in msg357395 is a higher-level ObjC/Swift API.

Using the copyfile(3) API has another advantage beyond this issue: This API can perform a clone action on APFS when the right flags are used.

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