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Added clock_gettime() compatibility function for systems without it.
author Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>
date Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:05:40 -0400
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#ifndef FILE_COPY_H
#define FILE_COPY_H

/* Copy file atomically. First try hardlinking, then fallback to creating
   a temporary file (destpath.tmp) and rename()ing it over srcpath.
   If the destination file already exists, it may or may not be overwritten,
   so that shouldn't be relied on.

   Returns -1 = error, 0 = source file not found, 1 = ok */
int file_copy(const char *srcpath, const char *destpath, bool try_hardlink);

#endif