Issue 2395: Added doc comment for symlink parameter usage.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Defaults.py b/src/engine/SCons/Defaults.py
index b91a68570..3f60bc0fe 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Defaults.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Defaults.py
@@ -182,6 +182,13 @@ def chmod_strfunc(dest, mode):
 Chmod = ActionFactory(chmod_func, chmod_strfunc)
 
 def copy_func(dest, src, symlinks=True):
+    """
+    If symlinks (is true), then a symbolic link will be
+    shallow copied and recreated as a symbolic link; otherwise, copying
+    a symbolic link will be equivalent to copying the symbolic link's
+    final target regardless of symbolic link depth.
+    """
+
     dest = str(dest)
     src = str(src)