Re: Is cloning the same as copying in APFS?
Re: Is cloning the same as copying in APFS?
- Subject: Re: Is cloning the same as copying in APFS?
- From: Alastair Houghton <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 08:53:44 +0100
On 27 Jun 2017, at 06:28, Jens Alfke <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On Jun 26, 2017, at 7:38 PM, Rick Mann <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> But there's actually a POSIX "clone" API, and so I wonder if a copy is
>> different from a clone.
>
> The low level file copying API that I’m aware of is <copyfiles.h>, which is
> Apple specific. It has options for doing copy-on-write.
> I don’t know if NSFileManager’s copy method clones files. I would assume that
> it does, on APFS.
That certainly seemed to be what the WWDC video suggested.
Kind regards,
Alastair.
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