https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=97654
--- Comment #2 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to devl from comment #0) > Created attachment 49480 [details] > Full output with -v > > std::filesystem::copy() with copy_options = copy_symlinks | > overwrite_existing does not overwrite existing symlinks. Instead it produces > the following error: > > terminate called after throwing an instance of > 'std::filesystem::__cxx11::filesystem_error' > what(): filesystem error: cannot copy: Invalid argument [link] [link_copy] I think that's the behaviour specified by the standard, see [fs.op.copy] p4 bullet (4.6). Or the equivalent description at https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/filesystem/copy If from is a symbolic link, then - If copy_options::skip_symlink is present in options, does nothing. - Otherwise, if to does not exist and copy_options::copy_symlinks is present in options, then behaves as if copy_symlink(from, to) - Otherwise, reports an error
