5 files changed, 32 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/lib/std/private/jsutils.nim b/lib/std/private/jsutils.nim
index fd1f395f3..5f79eab27 100644
--- a/lib/std/private/jsutils.nim
+++ b/lib/std/private/jsutils.nim
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ when defined(js):
       let a = array[2, float64].default
       assert jsConstructorName(a) == "Float64Array"
       assert jsConstructorName(a.toJs) == "Float64Array"
-    asm """`result` = `a`.constructor.name"""
+    {.emit: """`result` = `a`.constructor.name;""".}
 
   proc hasJsBigInt*(): bool =
-    asm """`result` = typeof BigInt != 'undefined'"""
+    {.emit: """`result` = typeof BigInt != 'undefined';""".}
 
   proc hasBigUint64Array*(): bool =
-    asm """`result` = typeof BigUint64Array != 'undefined'"""
+    {.emit: """`result` = typeof BigUint64Array != 'undefined';""".}
 
   proc getProtoName*[T](a: T): cstring {.importjs: "Object.prototype.toString.call(#)".} =
     runnableExamples:
diff --git a/lib/std/private/osdirs.nim b/lib/std/private/osdirs.nim
index b89a59c8d..a44cad7d9 100644
--- a/lib/std/private/osdirs.nim
+++ b/lib/std/private/osdirs.nim
@@ -446,13 +446,17 @@ proc createDir*(dir: string) {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
     else:
       discard existsOrCreateDir(p)
 
-proc copyDir*(source, dest: string) {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
+proc copyDir*(source, dest: string, skipSpecial = false) {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
   tags: [ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect], benign, noWeirdTarget.} =
   ## Copies a directory from `source` to `dest`.
   ##
   ## On non-Windows OSes, symlinks are copied as symlinks. On Windows, symlinks
   ## are skipped.
   ##
+  ## If `skipSpecial` is true, then (besides all directories) only *regular*
+  ## files (**without** special "file" objects like FIFOs, device files,
+  ## etc) will be copied on Unix.
+  ##
   ## If this fails, `OSError` is raised.
   ##
   ## On the Windows platform this proc will copy the attributes from
@@ -472,16 +476,17 @@ proc copyDir*(source, dest: string) {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
   ## * `createDir proc`_
   ## * `moveDir proc`_
   createDir(dest)
-  for kind, path in walkDir(source):
+  for kind, path in walkDir(source, skipSpecial = skipSpecial):
     var noSource = splitPath(path).tail
     if kind == pcDir:
-      copyDir(path, dest / noSource)
+      copyDir(path, dest / noSource, skipSpecial = skipSpecial)
     else:
       copyFile(path, dest / noSource, {cfSymlinkAsIs})
 
 
 proc copyDirWithPermissions*(source, dest: string,
-                             ignorePermissionErrors = true)
+                             ignorePermissionErrors = true,
+                             skipSpecial = false)
   {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [ReadDirEffect, WriteIOEffect, ReadIOEffect],
    benign, noWeirdTarget.} =
   ## Copies a directory from `source` to `dest` preserving file permissions.
@@ -489,6 +494,10 @@ proc copyDirWithPermissions*(source, dest: string,
   ## On non-Windows OSes, symlinks are copied as symlinks. On Windows, symlinks
   ## are skipped.
   ##
+  ## If `skipSpecial` is true, then (besides all directories) only *regular*
+  ## files (**without** special "file" objects like FIFOs, device files,
+  ## etc) will be copied on Unix.
+  ##
   ## If this fails, `OSError` is raised. This is a wrapper proc around
   ## `copyDir`_ and `copyFileWithPermissions`_ procs
   ## on non-Windows platforms.
@@ -518,10 +527,10 @@ proc copyDirWithPermissions*(source, dest: string,
     except:
       if not ignorePermissionErrors:
         raise
-  for kind, path in walkDir(source):
+  for kind, path in walkDir(source, skipSpecial = skipSpecial):
     var noSource = splitPath(path).tail
     if kind == pcDir:
-      copyDirWithPermissions(path, dest / noSource, ignorePermissionErrors)
+      copyDirWithPermissions(path, dest / noSource, ignorePermissionErrors, skipSpecial = skipSpecial)
     else:
       copyFileWithPermissions(path, dest / noSource, ignorePermissionErrors, {cfSymlinkAsIs})
 
diff --git a/lib/std/private/osfiles.nim b/lib/std/private/osfiles.nim
index a1d7079c5..37d8eabca 100644
--- a/lib/std/private/osfiles.nim
+++ b/lib/std/private/osfiles.nim
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ proc copyFile*(source, dest: string, options = {cfSymlinkFollow}; bufferSize = 1
       else:
         # generic version of copyFile which works for any platform:
         var d, s: File
-        if not open(s, source):raiseOSError(osLastError(), source)
+        if not open(s, source): raiseOSError(osLastError(), source)
         if not open(d, dest, fmWrite):
           close(s)
           raiseOSError(osLastError(), dest)
diff --git a/lib/std/private/ospaths2.nim b/lib/std/private/ospaths2.nim
index a5c0edd9f..bc69ff725 100644
--- a/lib/std/private/ospaths2.nim
+++ b/lib/std/private/ospaths2.nim
@@ -763,9 +763,9 @@ proc cmpPaths*(pathA, pathB: string): int {.
   ## On a case-sensitive filesystem this is done
   ## case-sensitively otherwise case-insensitively. Returns:
   ##
-  ## | 0 if pathA == pathB
-  ## | < 0 if pathA < pathB
-  ## | > 0 if pathA > pathB
+  ## | `0` if pathA == pathB
+  ## | `< 0` if pathA < pathB
+  ## | `> 0` if pathA > pathB
   runnableExamples:
     when defined(macosx):
       assert cmpPaths("foo", "Foo") == 0
diff --git a/lib/std/private/ossymlinks.nim b/lib/std/private/ossymlinks.nim
index c0774b573..c1760c42e 100644
--- a/lib/std/private/ossymlinks.nim
+++ b/lib/std/private/ossymlinks.nim
@@ -66,11 +66,13 @@ proc expandSymlink*(symlinkPath: string): string {.noWeirdTarget.} =
   when defined(windows) or defined(nintendoswitch):
     result = symlinkPath
   else:
-    result = newString(maxSymlinkLen)
-    var len = readlink(symlinkPath, result.cstring, maxSymlinkLen)
-    if len < 0:
-      raiseOSError(osLastError(), symlinkPath)
-    if len > maxSymlinkLen:
-      result = newString(len+1)
-      len = readlink(symlinkPath, result.cstring, len)
-    setLen(result, len)
+    var bufLen = 1024
+    while true:
+      result = newString(bufLen)
+      let len = readlink(symlinkPath.cstring, result.cstring, bufLen)
+      if len < 0:
+        raiseOSError(osLastError(), symlinkPath)
+      if len < bufLen:
+        result.setLen(len)
+        break
+      bufLen = bufLen shl 1