Method _copy_from_symlink

Lib/pathlib/__init__.py:1161–1164

(self, source, preserve_metadata=False)

        # os.symlink() incorrectly creates a file-symlink on Windows. Avoid
        # this by passing *target_is_dir* to os.symlink() on Windows.
        def _copy_from_symlink(self, source, preserve_metadata=False):
            os.symlink(str(source.readlink()), self, source.info.is_dir())
            if preserve_metadata:
                copy_info(source.info, self, follow_symlinks=False)
    else:
        def _copy_from_symlink(self, source, preserve_metadata=False):
            os.symlink(str(source.readlink()), self)