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Open Graph Description: Summary document that copyFile APIs follow symbolic links cover source and destination symbolic-link behavior for callback, promise, and sync variants Fixes: #61518 Testing node tools/lint-md/li...

X Description: Summary document that copyFile APIs follow symbolic links cover source and destination symbolic-link behavior for callback, promise, and sync variants Fixes: #61518 Testing node tools/lint-md/li...

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